... and some day they'll outpace your domestic equities by a mile.I've heard alot about how oversea's countries are still growing quite rapidly. Why is it that my oversea's funds have tanked as bad or worse than what I have in the states? Cletis
The value of the companies in your overseas funds have gone up. It just that your American dollar has gone down and only buys a fraction of what it used to overseas.
That is, overseas funds have not only market risk, but also currency risk.