Career Advice: Could You Outperform A Slightly Smaller But Spunkier Index?

Are you in the financial sector, overworked, and worried about layoffs? Are you willing to relocate for the right job? Are you aware that there's a market where prospects are good for job growth, you won't have to work too hard, and they're more relaxed on age-of-consent issues than in Greenwich? It's called Cambodia and it's calling your name.

All the nonsense that's keeping you busy in New York - watching the markets, reading research, analyzing companies, making trades? Is going to be way, way less pressing in your new surroundings.

It’s impossible to invest with any of the companies listed on the Cambodian stock exchange because there are no companies listed on the Cambodian stock exchange.

And don't worry that you'll be taking a step back in your career. Neighboring Laos's stock exchange is booming, insofar as it lists two companies:

[I]n the first days after opening the Laos exchange zoomed more than 80%. It dropped precipitously afterward, and remains volatile. Still, those bumps in the road are expected in such spunky places; it’ll be a long time before they are grown and tamed.

World’s smallest stock exchanges can only go up [MarketWatch]