Comments on: New York’s 529 College Savings Program Adds International Fund To The Direct Plan http://www.moolanomy.com/1367/new-yorks-529-college-savings-program-adds-international-fund-to-the-direct-plan/ Personal Finance. Investing. Wealth Building. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carol http://www.moolanomy.com/1367/new-yorks-529-college-savings-program-adds-international-fund-to-the-direct-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-25478 Carol Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:23:22 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/?p=1367#comment-25478 What is your allocation now? What is your allocation now?

]]> By: plonkee http://www.moolanomy.com/1367/new-yorks-529-college-savings-program-adds-international-fund-to-the-direct-plan/comment-page-1/#comment-20537 plonkee Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:12:17 +0000 http://www.moolanomy.com/?p=1367#comment-20537 I'm roughly 25/75 international/domestic (UK) across my whole portfolio, but then I'm only investing towards retirement at the moment so it doesn't matter which product my funds are with. The only downside to the wider diversification that investing internationally brings is that it does expose you to foreign currency exchange risk. This isn't a problem just an extra thing to bear in mind. I’m roughly 25/75 international/domestic (UK) across my whole portfolio, but then I’m only investing towards retirement at the moment so it doesn’t matter which product my funds are with. The only downside to the wider diversification that investing internationally brings is that it does expose you to foreign currency exchange risk. This isn’t a problem just an extra thing to bear in mind.

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