The Importance of Diversification With International Stocks

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International stocks, at least the big companies don't really perform much differently than their counterparts in the US. The actual conditions in other countries are usually not what is driving international stocks to underperform or outperform US stocks. With many, many exceptions, depending on exactly where you are and what industry you're talking about,. You need somebody watching your back at all times.

In this episode we answer emails from Kevin, Philip and Brown. We discuss (and thank) our generous listeners, our three principles -- Simplicity, Macro-allocation and Holy Grail -- and why they need to work together, using conservative portfolios for accumulation, investing in international funds in a sensible manner to maximize diversification and international currency risks, investing in utilities funds (listen also Episode 27) and property & casualty insurance companies. Whew!

And THEN we our go through our weekly portfolio reviews of the seven sample portfolios you can find at Portfolios | Risk Parity Radio.

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Portfolio Visualizer Backtest of Utilities vs. REITs vs. P&C Insurance: Backtest Portfolio Asset Allocation (portfoliovisualizer.com)

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