international stocks

I am thrilled with the announcement made by the New York’s 529 College Savings Program today. They finally decided to add an international investment option to their 529 Direct Plan. This new investment is called the Developed Markets Index Portfolio, which invest 100% in Vanguard Institutional Developed Markets Index Fund.

I think this is a really good [...]

In this Ask the Expert with Larry Swedroe article, Rob observed that none of the alternative investments provided sufficient risk reduction to soften the impact of the current Bear Market. Diversification doesn’t seem to be working. What went wrong? Here’s the question from Randy:

Dear Larry,
I’m reading your book, The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You’ll [...]

In this Ask The Expert With Larry Swedroe article, the reader, Murali, is wondering if she could use the Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) to simplify and diversify her investment portfolio.  Vanguard is known for its high quality and low cost investment products, and the Total World Stock ETF should provide most of the [...]

This is the 11th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
Now, let’s get to the questions and answers (please note that the [...]

Originally, I was simply going to announce the official launch of Tip’d (a community for financial news, ideas, and tips), but then I got the idea to write about a few more sites that I found useful for finding financial news and articles.  So here they are, 8 sites to find financial news and articles.
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This is a guest post by Simit Petel at InformedTrades.com
It seems like all around the world, we’re having some economic problems. 2008 is a year where we saw price inflation on a global basis. We’re also seeing a global housing crisis. A global food shortage. And an increase in oil prices around the world. What [...]

Asset allocation is an investing a strategy for maximizing gains while minimizing risks in your investment portfolio. It involves diversifying your assets among different broad categories of investments, such as equity, fixed income, and money market, etc.  By reducing your investment risks, you’re in a better position to meet your financial goals.
How Asset Allocation Works
The [...]

This is the 8th issue of the Ask The Expert column by Larry Swedroe. You can see Larry’s full biography and important disclaimer below. If you are interested in having your question answered by Larry, please send me an email via the contact page.
Now, let’s get to the questions and answers (please note that the [...]

In doing your investment research, you may have come across a Tic-Tac-Toe-like box similar to the one below. This box is called the Morningstar Style Box. This particular one came from Vanguard 500 Index (VFINX) profile on Yahoo! Finance.

What Is a Morningstar Style Box?
Morningstar Style Box is a visual tool created by Morningstar, a premier [...]

Hello everyone and welcome to 155th edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance. Initially, I had a plan to make this a more unique and interesting carnival, but my sister and her family came up from Virginia for a surprised visit. As a result, I opted to spend more time with my family and less [...]