How to trade foreign stocks

Are they available on the American stock market?

No it isn’t necessary. It’s possible to trade international stocks on the American stock markets. The first possibility is to simply find U.S. listed foreign stocks. There are some international stocks that are primarily listed on U.S. stock markets instead of their local markets.

Second possibility is to find ADRs.

As mentioned on Wikipedia: "An American Depositary Receipt (or ADR) represents the ownership in the shares of a foreign company trading on US financial markets. The stock of many non-US companies trades on US exchanges through the use of ADRs. ADRs enable US investors to buy shares in foreign companies without undertaking cross-border transactions. ADRs carry prices in US dollars, pay dividends in US dollars, and can be traded like the shares of US-based companies.”

Another possibility is to take advantage of International ETF stocks. These stocks represent baskets of stocks pertaining to specific the International market. There are already International ETFs for a lot of countries and practically every region is covered, Europe, Emerging Markets, Latin America, Australia, Asia and more.

And finally another possible solution is to find some brokerage firm (preferably a discount stock broker) that has access to a lot of international stock exchanges . There are such firms in the U.S. and also in Europe or Asia. You can do your own stock broker comparison or if you want to know my opinion, contact me.

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