Global perspective
Getty ImagesThe typical American saver is likely to suffer from a home-country bias, or so say the experts. The answer to that critique is to take a second look at your allocations. Maybe you have too little of your portfolio invested abroad.
This five-part guide to international equity investing starts with a debate about home bias. It includes a survey of Best Buy funds for getting foreign stocks. It ends with an explanation of why most investors should hold their foreign stocks in a taxable account.
How Much Of Your Stock Portfolio Should Be Foreign? John Templeton: Be cosmopolitan. John Bogle: Nah. Who’s right?
International Stock Funds: 91 Best Buys contains a screening tool that lets you quickly zero in on a cost-efficient fund that matches your objective.
How To Get A Foreign Stock Portfolio With A 4% Yield shows how to assemble a home-made brew of high-yielding foreign blue chips.
Follow This Guy Across The High Seas In Quest Of Growth Stocks shows how to use overseas bourses to access stocks lacking good American Depositary Receipts.
Guide To Claiming The Foreign Tax Credit On Your Dividend Withholding shows what that credit can do for you if you understand the tax code.
