I've just returned from the World Money Show in Orlando where more than 10,000 investors gathered to learn about global investing. I had a chance to meet with many of the U.S. and foreign financial experts featured at the show, and I will share some of their top investment ideas. To view all of the stocks featured in this special global report, click here.

Money manager and newsletter advisor, Keith Fitz-Gerald focuses on maximizing growth while minimizing risks. And one move he is making to reduce the overall risk to his portfolio is to diversify by currency.

In his The Skeptical Investor, he explains, "China really doesn't want or need any more dollars, so it's looking to other currencies to diversify its mountain of money and lessen risks associated with the U.S. dollar.

"The sheer volume of assets that must be moved creates a large disparity in how currency markets are likely to move this year. It also creates an equally large opportunity for us. So we've going on the offensive with PowerShares-DB G10 Currency Harvest Fund (AMEX:DBV). Even though it's a new fund introduced in October 2006, I feel very comfortable recommending it for a variety of reasons.

"First, it's an ETF, so you can buy and sell it easily. Second, it's run in conjunction with Deutsche Bank, which is a currency-trading powerhouse. They are well known to me in my capacity as a licensed CTA specializing in currencies.

"Third, the strategy DBV uses has produced a 12.5% compounded annual growth rate in testing that dates back to 1994, so the time horizon is long enough to cover a variety of trading scenarios and global events that would derail lesser quality funds under similar conditions.

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