For a while after COVID, the playbook felt simple. If you wanted to beat the S&P 500, you just leaned harder into what was already working. That meant piling into the Magnificent…
U.S. investors tend to have a strong home country bias. On average, portfolios are heavily tilted toward domestic stocks, often well above the U.S.’s roughly 60% share of global market capitalization. Some…
It’s hard to argue with the results of the S&P Indices Versus Active (SPIVA) study. For those unfamiliar, it compares active fund managers against their benchmark indices, and more often than…
U.S. stocks have spent years dominating global returns, which is exactly why most retirement portfolios are now dangerously lopsided toward a single country. Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VXUS)…
While the S&P 500 has slipped about 2% so far in 2026, international equities have quietly moved in the opposite direction. The gap is real, and the macro forces behind it are…
For most of the past decade, owning international stocks felt like a punishment. U.S. markets compounded at rates that made global diversification look like a drag on returns. Then 2025 happened. Vanguard…
If you own U.S. stocks, you’ve likely questioned whether international diversification still makes sense. American equities have dominated for years, and many investors wonder if adding ex-U.S. exposure is worth it. Vanguard…
John Bogle, who founded Vanguard Group, had a major influence on the index funds people own today. Indeed, Vanguard’s exchange traded funds (ETFs) — and less directly, all ETFs — continue to…
The JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM | JPM Price Prediction) Global Select Equity ETF (NASDAQ:JGLO) launched in September 2023 to actively select the best equity ideas globally. With $7.1 billion in assets and a 0.47%…
International value stocks have underperformed US counterparts for over a decade. But after DFIV’s 47% surge this past year, the question isn’t whether international value can work—it’s whether this moment represents genuine…
As the calendar turns to 2026, the investment landscape has a different feel than it did just a few years ago. Among the different reasons is a heightened level of volatility that…
While most investors obsess over SPY and VOO, Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VXUS) has quietly delivered 29% returns through mid-December 2025, crushing the S&P 500’s 15% gain. For…
Vanguard remains one of the top exchange traded fund (ETF) providers in the market. Founded in 1975 by John Bogle, who is ultimately credited with founding the exchange traded fund (ETF). In…
For any retiree nervous about the current state of the market, not only do they have a good reason to be skeptical about short-term growth, but they also have every reason to…
Perhaps one of the most important metrics long-term investors can forget about when building their portfolios is the cost of constructing these groupings of stocks. Indeed, whether it’s outright cost (in the…
