Did you say investing in south or east America may bring unwanted attention? I'm wondering how because isn't the investment going to be done virtually?
I don't have a good idea on how oil investment works though
I am not speaking on his behalf, more just sharing my interpretation.
Stock markets and property rights work very differently in different countries. When countries nationalize industries, they tend to target non domestic investors first. (Countries do not go down a list looking at people, they can just target the non domestic companies).
So if someone invests in Sunoco, and Sunoco's Latin America operations get nationalized, those investors instantly lose a lot of money.
The "secret" here lies in the potential for internationalization of the segments on each type of market.
Yes it is all done virtually. But all of my accounts trace back to me so its not something that is that is a secret.