Sally Vix wrote:
Ghost of Igloi wrote:
Of course that is purely subjective. The All Country World Index is still down -3.74% while the S&P 500 is up +1.39% over the past year. My 2.75% CDs are looking pretty good in comparison.
The international market has been depressed for a long time now. I quit buying international funds years ago. The "ideal" portfolio would recommend international funds as wells as developing funds but they haven't done squat in years. So, everything I buy is domestic and has done quite well. Large caps, small caps, value and growth, reit, etc. etc. Been very very good.
not accurate to say that foreign markets have been bad for years. It all depends on what start date you pick, but for the last three years, foreign markets have done well. Not as well as the US, but above trend results.
3 year returns, per year:
US (VTI) : +17%/yr
Overseas Developed (VEA): +10%/yr
Emerging Markets (VWO): +15%/yr
But yeah, over different time spans the results are worse.