International Stock Investing Guidelines-Part 1

How Much of My Portfolio Should I Invest Internationally?-Part 1

Brian, of the Luke1428 website asks,

“What percentage of my stock investments, if any, should I allocate towards international stocks and emerging markets (the latter of which seems to have more volatility)?”

Brian asks an important investing question. There’s lots of discussion about the importance of diversification. Yet, ‘How much of my portfolio should I invest internationally?’ isn’t an easy question to answer. All but...