For the stock portion of your portfolio, approximately 70 percent should be in the traditionally more stable domestic market, with the
rest in international funds.
While any kind of investment involves risk, including international mutual funds, investing
in international funds presents unique risks including political, currency, regulatory and economic.
More recently, he has acknowledged that perhaps a 20 % allocation to international funds is appropriate, although he himself has never
invested in international funds.
With BRIC ETFs getting all the
attention in international funds for years, as investors seek the next round of emerging market economies to satiate appetite for high Beta returns, it may be worth hitching a ride on this Frontier Market ETF.
In June, the Polish government announced a new grant for young scientists who earned high
scores in an international funding competition; Dobrzyn is one of only 10 scientists who qualify.
Interesting stuff, it always makes me nervous investing
money in International Funds (I have some, but not much in an Index with TD, and I almost feel like that money is very high risk).
Australia's conservative government has refused to send high - ranking officials to the climate talks in Warsaw, and is even considering not
participating in international funding to fight global warming.
This is why paying for currency
hedging in international funds is a dubious strategy: to some extent the currencies hedge themselves and actually provide some diversification benefit.
When you don't want to deal with the hassle of making sure exactly 45 % of your portfolio is large cap stocks or you have 15 %
invested in international funds, using an automated portfolio from Betterment, Wealthfront, or Motif Investing give you diversification for a very small management fee.
They must sell off 5 % of the U.S. stock fund and exchange or buy 5 %
in the international fund.
In the International Fund (my purview), we have been finding quite a few new investments recently.
Or, you may prefer to invest
in international funds that focus on more volatile small - cap companies.
I think I'm also 25 %
in international funds.
What percent of you have
in international funds?
Then, you would sell $ 6,000 in the Small Cap Value fund and $ 1,000
in the International fund and use those proceeds to buy $ 7,000 worth of the Large Cap Growth fund.