TRTIX

harrison_wintergreen

>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.