Should You Buy a Global or International Fund?

Should You Buy a Global or International Fund?

Yes, these could be a sound investment and provide further diversification, but I would definitely limit the percent of your total fund investment investments. International funds can, after a period of good performance, suffer several years of laggard poor performance.

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Should You Buy Foreign Stocks?

Should You Buy Foreign Stocks?

How about foreign stocks? Don't they have terrific potential? Yes, a few foreign stocks have great potential at the right time and the right place, but I don't advise individual investors to waste much time investing in foreign stocks.

The potential profit should be two or three times as large as that in a standout U.S. company to justify the additional risk of owning a foreign stock. For example, the player in foreign securities must understand and follow closely the general market of the particular country involved.

US markets hit fresh 13-mth closing high; Asia mixed

US markets hit fresh 13-month closing highs post Bernanke’s comment, weak dollar, US retail sales. Bernanke signaled plans to leave rates low for a while leading to weakness in dollar and gain in commodities. S&P 500 closed above 1100 for the first time since October 2008. Dow Jones gained 136.5 points or 1.33% to 10,407. S&P 500 was up 15.8 points or 1.45% 1,109.3 and Nasdaq was up 30 points or 1.38% to 2,197.8. US advancing sectors were Energy (+2.5%), Materials (+2.3%) and Industrials (+2.0%). CBOE VIX ended down 2% at 22.89.