It’s the perfect time to make money from some of the world’s fastest-growing markets as long as you invest in them the right way.

The market has gone up 41% since March 9th. Lots of investors are wishing they could have pocketed that 30% gain so they are jumping in now, hoping the ride will continue.But for three irrefutable reasons, the three-month-run up virtually guarantees a correction. Those Johnny-Come-Latelys won’t profit in the near future, they’ll get crushed.

China’s stock market is back to where it was one year ago. But what exactly does that mean for your portfolio?The World Bank just upped China’s economic growth projection from 6.5 percent to 7.2 percent. If China’s economic rebound is real, it would open up all kinds of investment opportunities.

The moment of truth is approaching for the iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond (TLT). As interest rates nudge upwards, the price of these long-term government bonds have been falling.

Chinese business and social culture are generally very subdued and conservative… and above all, respectful. But students at Peking University in Beijing just couldn’t help themselves this week.

What do you do with your portfolio positions when the stock market moves strongly in one direction?

The Brazilian stock market is on fire right now and they are immune to a lot of the ills that America is suffering from, like exposure to toxic assets.  Make sure you put a small portion of your portfolio into emerging markets like Brazil.

Like most investors, Harvard University’s billion-dollar endowment fund took a beating during the global financial crisis. Many investors cashed out, opting for the safety of the sidelines. But Harvard called a new play. During the first quarter, Harvard engineered a dramatic shift in its endowment-fund investment strategy – boosting its stakes in some of the most prominent emerging market exchange traded funds (ETFs).

Gold tracked back from its lows on Thursday as the dollar retreated from earlier highs, with worse-than-expected U.S. macro data and weaker European equity markets fuelling doubts a recent winning streak was sustainable.

In a market like this one, it pays to note the subtle differences between ostensibly similar assets. For example, there are car stocks and then there are car stocks. (Yes, I am writing about cars again, but not for the whole column, honest!)