Consider the Vanguard FTSE
Global All Cap ex Canada (VXC) or the iShares Core MSCI All Country World ex Canada (XAW), which both offer one - stop global diversification by holding thousands of U.S., international and emerging market stocks.
DeGoey recommends putting future contributions towards an diversified international ETF — specifically the Vanguard FTSE
Global All Cap ex Can.
If we look at the Couch Potato model ETF portfolios, we find that they hold just a single foreign equity fund, the Vanguard FTSE
Global All Cap ex Canada Index ETF (VXC).
VTIAX: ``... employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index, a float - adjusted market - capitalization - weighted index designed to measure equity market performance of companies located in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States.
The mandate of VXC is to track the FTSE
Global All Cap ex Canada China A Inclusion Index (which is basically a plain - vanilla market cap weighted index).
** Consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Bond Index (40 %), the CRSP US Total Market Index (35 %), the FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index (15 %), and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged (10 %).
** Consists of the CRSP US Total Market Index (52.5 %), the FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index (22.5 %), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index (20 %), and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged (5 %).
** Consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Bond Index (70 %), the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged (17.5 %), the CRSP US Total Market Index (8.75 %), the FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index (3.75 %).
** Consists of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Bond Index (60 %), the CRSP US Total Market Index (17.5 %), the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged (15 %), and the FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index (7.5 %).
The FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index replaced the MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Index (on June 3, 2013), which had replaced the MSCI EAFE + Emerging Markets Index (on December 16, 2010).
60/40 benchmark is 42 % Spliced Total Stock Market Index (Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index (formerly known as the Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index) through April 22, 2005; MSCI US Broad Market Index through June 2, 2013; and CRSP US Total Market Index thereafter); 18 % Spliced Total International Stock Index (Total International Composite Index through August 31, 2006; MSCI EAFE + Emerging Markets Index through December 15, 2010; MSCI ACWI ex USA IMI Index through June 2, 2013; and FTSE
Global All Cap ex US Index thereafter); 40 % Spliced Bloomberg Barclay's US Aggregate Float Adjusted Bond Index (Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index through December 31, 2009; Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index thereafter) through May, 2013; thereafter, fixed income portion is 28 % Spliced Bloomberg Barclay's U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, 12 % Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged; after December 2014 equity portion of the benchmark is 36 % Spliced Total Stock Market Index, 24 % Spliced Total International Stock Index.
Not exact matches
Regions / sectors are represented by the following indices: US Large
Cap (S&P 500), US Mid
Cap (Russell Mid
Cap), US Small
Cap (Russell 2000), Europe (MSCI Europe), Japan (MSCI Japan), Pacific
ex Japan (MSCI Pacific
ex Japan), Emerging Markets (MSCI Emerging Markets), International Equities (MSCI ACWI
ex USA),
Global Equities (MSCI World).
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The
global small
cap stock universe, as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index ex USA Small Cap («MSCI ACWI SC») and the Russell 2000 ® Index, contains approximately 6,150 stocks, with roughly 4,300 of those outside the United States (as of 12/31/1
cap stock universe, as measured by the MSCI All Country World Index
ex USA Small
Cap («MSCI ACWI SC») and the Russell 2000 ® Index, contains approximately 6,150 stocks, with roughly 4,300 of those outside the United States (as of 12/31/1
Cap («MSCI ACWI SC») and the Russell 2000 ® Index, contains approximately 6,150 stocks, with roughly 4,300 of those outside the United States (as of 12/31/17).