It is your board, therefore your decision if you want to keep it strictly on topic, or not.
In the past, my work brought me to some European countries where i practised the local stock markets. I started by chance at some project at high school, and got drawn into the stock market ever since. In a short time i started managing my parents savings, and in all countries i lived in at my adult life i studied the local market, and language as well.
Going international is easy nowadays, the only problem is lack of time to handle the amazingly plentiful sources of info available.
With hundreds of sites, with dozens of newsletters, with new technologies, all you need is time and very swift reactions.
My main speciality is Israeli companies, some dually traded, some only in the US, some in Israel only. In general i prefer Israeli companies, not because they are necessarily better, but because:
a/A lot more info available for me in Hebrew and English, in the israeli media.
b/I can always pick up the phone and chat with Headoffice officials in Hebrew.... and pick up impressions, data, and various tidbits to finalise the puzzel.
c/Most companies are close, i can always go inspect the premises, casually interogating employees, nice chatting etc...
d/Israeli companies have a double safety net(for me) controlled by Israeli SEC and USA SEC.....so hardly a chance of hanky panky stuff happening.(With both different but strict measures the chances of comitting 'mischief' is greatly reduced.)
e/some of the stocks are dually traded, in Tel-Aviv stock exchange, as well as in the US, like TEVA, ESLT, and many others....
My choice and picks of the small caps Israeli companies i own, plus targets are in
News 
Market Data 
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