For the year of 2009, the average yield for American stocks is not impressive. The same is for European stocks. The Asian stocks do better except Japanese stocks. Headed by Brazilian stocks with gain more than double and followed by Indian and Chinese stocks, the emerging market stocks continue to be the best performance and is expected to lead in the year of 2010. If you like to invest in American stock in 2010, technology stocks is a better bet for growth, especially biotechnology stocks.
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