For 25 years, Steven Halpern, editor of TheStockAdvisors.com, has surveyed the leading financial newsletter advisors asking for their favorite stocks for the coming year. This article is one of 100+ ideas in the Best Stocks for 2008 report.
"There's no question that this booming growth in the emerging countries has been a huge factor driving the strongest markets," explains Pamela Aden, editor of The Aden Forecast.
"Three billion people are now participating in the global economy who weren't involved before and that's a dramatic force.
"As these countries build their infrastructure, demand for raw materials has soared. Again, this mega-trend is poised to continue, along with strong growth.
"My favorite conservative way to play this trend is with the Materials Select SPDR (ASE: XLB), which moves with the raw materials sector. Instead of picking individual stocks, this provides a good way to generally profit from what's happening globally.
"Many of the emerging stock markets have consistently been winners, too. That's especially been true of Brazil and some of the Asian markets.
"Meanwhile, China has been the top performer among the world's stock markets, but it's now a little overextended. This makes the top 2008 pick for speculatve buying the iShares Brazil (NYSE: EWZ). Brazil has a lot going for it, including energy and it'll likely do well in the upcoming year, as it has in previous years."
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