These are the days when four-letter words buzz like flies on a corpse.

I spent this morning in a meeting with my fellow analysts to discuss what the next best investment opportunity will be.

I have to say, the mood was positively dismal once we heard the Dow dropped below 10,000. The buzz still hasn’t died, and I know some of my colleagues are still frantically sending messages on their Blackberries.

Yes, folks, it’s another record down day here in the U.S.

You can gawk, you can cry, you can yell and scream…

Or you can grab risk by the horns and snap up some really great deals. It’ll mean finding those obscure markets, or those beaten so severely that shares are selling well below the value of the company.

And that means that you can make some serious money down the road.

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