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You see, we’re in the early stages of an unprecedented global boom – bigger, longer lasting and with a greater number of impossible-to-predict ramifications than any we’ll see again.

From 2005 to 2010 alone, the value of all the stocks, bonds, CDs and other financial assets held worldwide will soar from $118 trillion to $200 trillion, the highly respected McKinsey Global Institute reported in a just-released report.

That’s an increase of $82 trillion, or 69%. In just five years.

The boom will certainly redistribute wealth. But it will also radically alter the global economic pecking order. And in a big way.

Right now, Asia and the United States each account for 28% of the world economy. The World Bank estimates that America’s share of the world economy will slip a bit, dropping to 24% by 2030.

But Asia’s share will double, reaching a staggering 55%.

In other words, the Asia of tomorrow will be twice as powerful as the United States of today.

Retail investors who ignore these powerful trends and adhere to U.S.-only portfolios will ultimately realize that they’ve been left behind financially.

Wharton Professor and best-selling author Jeremy Siegel recently said investors should toss away the old international-investing allocation of 5% to 15%. Even the average investor should have 40% of their holdings in overseas investments, he said.

Unfortunately, that’s not going to be as easy as it sounds. And you’ll be surprised at the two reasons why.

Sad Fact #1: While the average American doesn’t have access to the "market intelligence" needed to profit from this overseas boom, the nation’s well-connected wealthy investors are taking these projections straight to the bank – and are already profiting from some of the very best deals. Wall Street has known about this global boom for some time. But they’re reserving their best profit opportunities for their wealthiest clients.

Even investors who see and understand what’s happening could end up watching this wealth explosion from the wrong side of the velvet rope. That’s because …

Sad Fact #2: Even though overseas markets clearly will offer the greatest returns in the months and years to come, federal regulations prohibit most American investors from buying many foreign stocks.

You heard that correctly.

If a foreign company isn’t registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, its shares are off-limits to most investors. And the shortage of foreign shares is getting worse, instead of better: The labyrinthine-and-costly registration process is even discouraging foreign companies from listing easy-to-trade American Depository Receipts (ADRs), a type of security U.S. investors trust and are willing to buy.

Wealthy investors don’t face this problem. An obscure SEC regulation, Rule 144A, allows them to circumnavigate that rule and form investment pools through investment banks, so they can buy foreign-company shares.

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Again, welcome aboard. And congratulations on taking advantage of what could be the biggest financial boom since the Industrial Revolution. You’ll be glad that you did.

Good investing,

William Patalon III
Managing Editor

Money Morning

P.S. Right now, an additional $867 billion is about to flow into critical new markets such as Asia and Latin America. Eight companies in particular are poised to leapfrog such blue chip rivals as Boeing, Novartis, GE and Black and Decker. To see more about these fast-moving profit generators, click here