Global investing dos and don'ts from a top investment manager

Global investing expert Gavin Graham, chief investment officer of theToronto-based Guardian Group of Funds (GGOF), says Canadians are on theright track in diversifying their investments on an international basisas long as they do it the right way.

One way to cope with the volatility of overseas markets is dollar-cost averaging, he says, "where you buy more when it is cheap and less when it is expensive.

"You shouldn't be frightened off because we've had a sharp sell-off.There have been numerous sharp sell-offs in the past few years but generally they have been pretty good times to buy."

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