A new poll comes out every day, tracking one thing or the other, and most of the time they should be taken with a grain of salt.

Morgan Stanley released its investor pulse poll earlier this week, revealing investor sentiment about putting their money into different regions of the world. The U.S. ranked first, making it the best place according to the poll, and the Middle East ranked last. It's not so hard to believe that many investors feel this way, based on geopolitics, but from an investment perspective, it's a bit misguided.

In this video, Fool.com contributor Aimee Duffy talks about two investments contrarian investors should look at in order to take advantage of this trend.