So, is
a foreign equity allocation in the high 20s percent points appropriate?
Not exact matches
And my
allocation is 20 % international
equity, 35 % domestic
equity, 45 % fixed income (a quarter of which is
foreign fixed income).
It is the view of this magazine that you should structure your global
equity investments roughly in proportion with market capitalization, and so the table below can be used as a rough guide to breaking
foreign asset
allocation.
We are keeping a close eye on developments in Europe and elsewhere globally and maintain a tactical
foreign - exchange hedged
allocation to European
equities.
With fully two - thirds of its money invested in domestic and
foreign stocks, private
equity and «absolute return strategies» (i.e., hedge funds), the New York State pension fund has a risky asset
allocation profile typical of its counterparts across the country — because chasing risk is its only hope of earning 7 percent a year in a market where the most secure long - term bonds yield barely 2 percent.
What I garnered from some studies (which I wrote about in my report on the optimal
foreign allocation) is that the upper limit of the suggested range (50 %) is based on risk assessments of the
foreign markets as well as their position / representation in the global
equity market.
In 2000, the financial planning community typically rallied around a 20 %
equity allocation to
foreign stock.
In sum, an explicit
allocation of close to 30 % of the
equity portfolio to
foreign securities, which on average experts recommended, may be on the high side.
Allocation is one thing while the type of
foreign equity you buy is another.
He's asked about possibly raising our international
allocation to match the representation of
foreign equities in the global market, which is around 50 %.
Because of the incredible shrinkage experienced by our
equity positions (in domestic and
foreign stock funds and ETFs), our asset
allocation is now significantly altered and looks quite different from how we had it just a few short months ago.
In fact, since GTAA's inception, the «generic» all - asset
allocation of US stocks,
foreign stocks, bonds, REITs, and broad commodities has underperformed US
equity index by 40 % and traditional 60/40 balanced index by 15 %.
I am also tweaking the asset
allocation slightly so that
foreign stocks reflect their respective proportion in world market capitalization, US
equity at 23 %, EAFE
equity at 22 % and emerging markets at 5 % and reducing
allocation to Canadian
equities slightly to 20 %.
From an
equity standpoint, my target
allocation is to have about 10 % of my
equity investments in
foreign content.
If your asset
allocation is 100 %
equities you are better off keeping
foreign equities in an RRSP than everything in a taxable account.
The return benefit provided by
foreign equities is good to see, as it's been challenging to own them for most of this decade, and portfolio
allocations to
foreign stocks have been stagnant at best over that time.
Up to this point, we've already upped our
foreign exposure from 10 % to 15 % within our asset
allocation, so far staying within the confines of
equity investing, which we're most familiar with.
A 60 to 80 %
foreign stock exposure for the
equity allocation is not unrealistic.
For the period ended May 31, 2011, the effect of warrants with
equity risk exposure held of $ (125,221,529), $ 304,186, and $ (205,075) for the Fairholme Fund, the Income Fund, and the
Allocation Fund, respectively, is included with Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation / Depreciation on Investments and
Foreign Currency Related Transactions on the Statements of Operations.
If your asset
allocations for US, international and emerging markets are all underweight by a few thousand dollars and you want to rebalance your portfolio (and have both CAD and USD cash), US and emerging markets
equities would likely reduce your
foreign withholding tax bill the most (assuming that you purchase Canadian - listed international
equity ETFs that hold the underlying stocks directly with your Canadian dollars).
CI: I'm totally unhedged and have a 50 %
allocation to
foreign equities (US, EAFE and Emerging Markets) and the portfolio is feeling the pain of this rapid appreciation in the C$.
To achieve this, Rebalance IRA seeks an individualized asset
allocation using multiple asset classes, including U.S. stocks, bonds, real estate,
foreign equities, and emerging market stocks.
Prior to the start of the mid-August correction, our tactical asset
allocation moved moderate clients from a 65 % -70 %
equity stake (e.g., domestic,
foreign, large, small, etc.) to a 50 % -55 %
equity stake (mostly large - cap domestic).
telly: Most would say the 50 %
allocation to
foreign equities in the Sleepy Portfolio is too much!
Like you, I have a large currency - unhedged
allocation to
foreign equity markets.
This entails checking your
allocations to large - cap stocks, small - cap stocks,
foreign equities, bonds, money market funds, and any subcategories.
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