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Just exchange your US holdings for international. I'm against emerging markets due to poor risk adjusted alpha. Here's some fund ideas: SCHY, IDEV, DODFX, VEA.
Most of my $ is in a 401K with limited options (unfortunately). But I'm about 50/50 international / US. My international is DODFX (which more than doubled VOO the last 12 months). My US is mostly defensive (SCHD - I know you all hate it, but I like it, so don't bother telling me how dumb it is). Less the 10% VOO/QQQ exposure. I have rolled the dice, now let's see what happens... Anybody who tells you they have any idea is an idiot IMO.
>is the common advice still to just blindly pile into the S&P 500? it depends on who you ask. Rob Arnott is a big name in the investing world, and 2 years ago he was recommending international value stocks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzZuwe0IPEE for 2025, Arnott's FNDE was up 25%; VEA was up 42%; IVLU was up 46%; FIVLX and AVDV were up 45%; DODFX was up 38%; and TRTIX was up 44% ... to pick a few international value funds. >than it has for the decades of American stock market over performance decades? an international developed markets index outperformed the S&P 500 every year from 2002 to 2007, 1983 to 1989, and occasional other years here and there. https://www.blackrock.com/us/financial-professionals/literature/investor-education/why-bother-with-international-stocks.pdf and outperformed almost 50% of rolling 10-year periods back to 1970. https://www.tweedyfunds.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/Dichotomy-Btwn-US-and-Non-US-Sept2025-Fund.pdf >Personally I think it's incredibly risky to not have a significant international portion of anyone's portfolio at this point. I have rebalanced to ~60/40 International/US in my equities given what I'm seeing happening in my country as an American. it would have been best to rebalace a few years ago when international was beaten down and unloved. but better late than never, assuming you're willing to ride it out the next time international slumps. virtually all professional investors recommend global diversification. it's mostly younger people on reddit who say the magic S&P 500 is the only thing you ever need in the portfolio.
I need to re-balance, and I need more foreign exposure. So I'd add it to my DODFX or VXUS positions. > I’m curious to see how people are thinking about risk, sectors, and investment approaches these days. I'm curious: what does my answer tell you about that? What do the other answers tell you?
Did...you not look at the bullshit portfolio put together here? 30% of his Roth is in DODFX, JMIEX and VFLEX. Absolute horseshit. Dismal returns, high risk, high MERS and the client wants to retire in ten years. This behaviour is absolutely why, and your defense of, people are generally better off with a simple three fund setup.
Diversity can be overdone. Historically foreign markets crash when the US market does. I had DODFX for years and it was a dog. In theory this *might* be a good time for small caps (since they are valued lower and we should be entering a lower interest rate environment) but that's difficult to say. When you go with a fund it's all about the basket and there are both winners and losers there too.
Hello everyone, would like some thoughts on my portfolio! I think maybe I'm too heavy in mutual funds and/or the S&P. (65 shares of IVV ~ 34k) (20 shares of IWM ~ 4k) (130 shares of IWR ~ 11k) (55 shares of VEA ~ 3k) (376 shares of TRPIX ~ 17k) (183 shares of PRUFX ~ 18k) (45 shares of DODFX ~ 2k) (Cash ~ 6k) (Physical gold ~ 2k) (BTC/ETH ~ 10K) Total net worth is in the ballpark of 115k. Thanks in advance!
>I have a portfolio with 110 different stocks this seems excessive IMO. there are good, professionally managed mutual funds with *entire teams* of full-time analysts that don't have 100+ stocks in the portfolio. e.g., the Dodge & Cox stock fund DODGX is in many 401k plans, large cap value-leaning, has been around since the 1960s and has 83 stocks https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/composition/256219106?type=sq-NavBar and their international fund DODFX has 81 stocks https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/composition/256206103?type=sq-NavBar the T Rowe Price Blue Chip fund has 81 holdings https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/composition/77954Q106?type=sq-NavBar the Jensen Quality Growth fund has 31 stocks https://fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/composition/476313101 Vanguard Wellington fund has 76 stocks https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/mutual-funds/profile/vwelx#price
Thanks for your advice. I'm definitely going to consider it all. Here's a rough allocation of what we're in, without giving too much detail: About two thirds in US Equities, biggest holdings are Vanguard Mega Cap Val (MGV). Smaller allocations in there for some small and mid-cap value funds, a couple total market funds, and smallest holdings in mid-cap growth. Feels like a lot of value and not a lot of growth? Then, about a third in international markets (DODFX, ESGD, a couple emerging market funds, a couple small others), and about 3% in bonds.
About two thirds in US Equities, biggest holdings are Vanguard Mega Cap Val (MGV). Smaller allocations in there for some small and mid-cap value funds, a couple total market funds, and smallest holdings in mid-cap growth. Feels like a lot of value and not a lot of growth? Then, about a third in international markets (DODFX, ESGD, a couple emerging market funds, a couple small others), and about 3% in bonds.