Introduction: Oysters in a dishwasher -- Postcards from the edge : five reasons to go global -- Oysters at home : diversifying globally inside America -- Oysters abroad : setting up accounts and trade stocks (almost) everywhere -- Getting around : the art (and science) of picking great stocks outside America -- Case de Cambrio : what you need to know about currency transactions when investing overseas -- A sleeping giant : China awakes -- The old dervish and the CEE : new opportunities in the old world -- Conclusion : don't let the big boys shuck all the oysters.