There's no shortage of financial blogs, forums, and websites on the net these days. Well-known sites such as Yahoo! Finance, The Street, Smart Money, Bloomberg, Seeking Alpha, and Forbes are great for general audiences, although they don't necessarily focus on the specific financial issues that expatriates face. Many other financial sites target a strictly domestic audience. For those looking for financial and investment information from an expat perspective, we've compiled the following list of useful sites that you may not see in the usual "top financial website" lists.

Morningstar Country Sites. Want to know which Retirement Mutual Fund (RMF) to buy in Thailand or how well your Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) is doing? Look no further. In addition to Morningstar's original site (which concentrates on the U.S.), the company also has country-specific websites offering independent local research on individual investments in 30 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America, and North America.

PIMCO Insights. PIMCO is a global asset management company that has traditionally specialized in fixed income investments. On this blog, PIMCO's senior management and analysts provide regular views on macro topics such as global investments, economics, and central bank actions. If you'd like expert opinions on whether European credit downgrades matter, or how slowing growth in the emerging world may affect investment returns, PIMCO's site is a good place to start.

Motley Fool U.K. The U.K.-based sister site to the U.S.-based Motley Fool, Motley Fool UK also provides research, analysis, and discussion forums for the individual investor, but offers an additional expat flavor by hosting a number of discussion boards specifically on international subjects. Here you can discuss topics such as Chinese property bubbles, anti-corruption in India, rating offshore custodians, problems with IFA-sold offshore schemes, and FATCA, as well as introduce your own expat-related issues.

BlackRock's iShares. This is the website for the world's largest manager of exchange traded funds (ETFs).  Expat fans of passively managed investments can visit iShares websites in 25 different countries to research listings on various exchanges. Whether you're looking for something mainstream, such as a Canadian equity ETF listed in Switzerland, or something more alternative, such as a global timber ETF listed in Italy, this site is worth checking out. You can also see the site's "Education" section, which provides some practical information on investing using ETFs.

FxStreet.com. There are many websites that provide currency exchange rates. This site, which was founded by a Barcelona economist 12 years ago, offers the usual real-time quotes and news, as well as newsletters, interactive chats with experts from around the world, forex broker ratings, and plenty of fundamental and technical analysis. One simple page to check out is the World Interest Rate Table, which shows the central bank set current interest rates of 23 different countries and includes the previous rates and the latest dates when they were changed.

The Economist. Beyond some free content from the well-known weekly print magazine, The Economist's website is a real treasure trove of information and analysis of global financial information. In particular, check out blogs such as "Free Exchange" and "Schumpeter," where The Economist's print columnists have additional space to write informally. If you enjoy lively interaction, you can take part in online Debates (current topic: "This house believes that Britain should leave the EU"). Finally, under the "Economics" tab see the "Markets & Data" section, which contains a number of useful tables of comparative global financial data.

The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). Ever wonder if the IFA who keeps cold-calling you is legitimate, and how you can check his regulatory claims? Now you can find out. The IOSCO website provides contact details of financial regulators from Albania to Zambia and everywhere in between. In addition, IOSCO publishes investor alerts and warnings from member regulators, which can be useful to look through if you suspect you're being hustled by a cross-border boiler-room operator.

STRATFOR. Formerly "Strategic Forecasting," STRATFOR provides geopolitical analysis on international affairs, including what's happening, why it's happening, and what will happen next. The site has the simple goal of making the complexity of the world understandable to an intelligent readership, without ideology, agenda, or national bias. Currently recovering from a major website hacking attack, right now all of the site's content is free to access. Even when the paid subscription function kicks in again, STRATFOR offers interested parties free weekly emails on geopolitical and security events.

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