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How does a foreigner invest in some of the most compelling emerging markets in Asia and the Middle East? Which geographies should investors be looking seriously at?

I don’t know — but Saudi Price Alaweed does. And recent guest on Tradestreaming, Jeff Towson does. See my interview with Towson here and here.

He’s also written a book about global investing, What Would Ben Graham Do Now: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age.

He was head of direct investments in the Middle East and Pacific for Alaweed’s barebones (staff of 2 or 3 people), multi-billion dollar, global investment machine.

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Many of you mentioned that you enjoyed our recent interview with Jeff Towson, best-selling author of What Would Ben Graham Do Now: A New Value Investing Playbook for a Global Age. Towson spent 9 years closely working with Saudi Prince Waleed, one of the world’s richest and most successful investors.

Towson provides a global value investing framework for Westerners interested in getting involved abroad. The thing is — after the interview — many of you still had questions. Towson wrote a book intended for investors of all size, but many felt that his framework was more attuned to private equity investors — professionals with deep pockets.

I’ve invited Jeff to talk more about his book, his experiences working under Waleed, and his view on global investing in a new live format on Tradestreaming, I’m calling — for lack of a better term — Tradestreaming Live. Think of it as an intimate chat about global investing. Continue reading “Join us today: A live chat about global value investing — Prince Waleed Style [Tradestreaming Live]”