How to Build a Portfolio That's Half International Based

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The way you want to construct your portfolio is not based on headquarters location. International stocks tend to underperform when the US dollar is strong, like it has been for the past decade or so. The most basic construction that you could come up with is something that is half large cap growth-ish and half small cap value-ish.

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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Holy Grail Principle Video: Ray Dalio breaks down his "Holy Grail" - YouTube

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

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