My portfolio is 90% equity and 10% bonds. Of my equity positions, 60% is in a US total market index, the other 40% is in an international index. 5% of my US equity is in individual stocks.
My international index tracks the MSCI ACWI ex U.S. (ACWX), and that index has never recovered to pre-2008 highs. It's be a 10+ year lost decade.
I've only been investing since 2016, but it's hard to remain hopeful that we'll see reversion to the mean, and international stocks will start out performing US stocks at times.
It's got to happen sooner than later, right? In the meantime, I see other funds absolutely smoke the ACWX.
I'm talking pre-COVID. COVID did not help, but the under performance was true before the pandemic.
Submitted July 01, 2020 at 05:57PM by CD_Johanna https://ift.tt/31AkOp7
