Recent Vanguard research forecasts higher growth for international stocks than for U.S. stocks -- for the next 10 years. The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF has outperformed the S&P 500 index ...

Thu, March 5, 2026 at 7:23 PM UTC What's driving the strong performance of international stocks? Let's look at why investors might want to buy non-U.S. stocks in 2026. Will AI create the world's first ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about investing, markets and Berkshire Hathaway. After several years of underperformance, international stocks are ...

There are plenty of reasons to own international stocks in a portfolio. Some investors want foreign stocks in their portfolios to round out their exposure to the global stock market and widen their ...

I’ve long been a proponent of portfolio diversification, including holding international stocks. Yet international stocks have badly trailed US stocks over the past decade, and many have given up on ...

So far this year, investors are putting more than four times as much new money into international developed market stocks as they’re investing in U.S. stocks. For investors interested in participating ...

So far in 2026, the U.S. stock market is delivering uninspiring results. The S&P 500 index is basically flat year to date (down 0.03%), while the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 index is down 2.2%. But if you ...