5 Best International Index Funds (Buy & Hold Forever)

International index funds are a great way to diversify your equities holdings. So in this video we are going to talk about the 5 best International Index funds to buy & hold in your investment portfolio.
Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
2:35 - Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund (VTIAX)
4:22 - Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund (VTMGX)
6:48 - Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund (VEMAX)
8:57 - Fidelity Total International Index Fund (FTIHX)
10:07 - Schwab International Index Fund (SWISX)
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[@clifford629]

Vanguard ETF Versions: VTIAX => VXUS (total international) VTMGX => VEA (developed) VEMAX => VWO (emerging)

[@lucasgerhard]

thank you!!!!!!!

[@duncan8345]

Thank you!❤💯👍🏾

[@justincase8795]

The Fidelity one seems the best

[@michaelkobulnicky3399]

Found your channel recently and thoroughly enjoying it!

[@jerrystpierreofficial]

Great video. Can you speak to the new VTWAX that came out in 2019? Do you think it's a one and done fund? Thanks

[@GG-dg3oy]

Schf is great has same holdings as pretty much all the first ones you mentioned and cheaper

[@classicconrad]

Can’t go wrong with vanguard total international or fidelity total international

[@peterl2767]

Great content 👍

[@arbazahmad497]

These funds are found in brokers app as well? How to and where can i invest in these funds?

[@user-kh3bh5vz2u]

Thanks for info😊

[@samdoral4927]

Great Index funds suggestion

[@garaziromerovallejo1209]

Great video!. All those ETFs are funded in US. Is there any traded in Australia? thanks in advance

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Yeah like anyone wants to invest in Vegemite and kangaroos.

[@venkadaba5359]

Thanks Clifford629!

[@cliffpriddy5244]

What about VXUS? That one is my favorite.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

That's just the ETF version of VTIAX I believe.

[@denistjose]

What is the ETF equivalent of FTIHX?

[@86joncooper]

Fidelity is the best $$$

[@zehragunesfan23]

fidelity funds seems the best in these days

[@meenakshinundloll9004]

How can I buy their shares ?

[@kenwen7791]

Are you Indian? I can recommend gotrade international to buy vxus, which what I had been doing for the past 2 months as an Indonesian

[@kylehackett162]

The best international fund is no international fund

[@alfredoarenas8616]

International funds have a TERRIBLE rate of return.

[@mplslawnguy3389]

Recently yes, but this is about diversification. There have been significant periods where international outperformed domestic. If your retirement happens to coincide with one of these periods, you will be glad you had some international exposure. Diversification comes with some trade offs, such as underperforming sectors or funds, but it makes the portfolio stronger in the long run. People have a hard time wrapping their heads around that.

[@marg8315]

@@mplslawnguy3389I don’t disagree with you and I believe most financial advisors will agree with you as well (if they do, it’s fine, if they don’t, people will hate on them). However, I recommend you checking out Ben Felix’s video on international diversification and Sasha’s video on investing in US index. I’m not trying to predict the future whether US stock performance will trump international stock performance but the fact that by introducing international stocks to a US investor’s portfolio, you increase volatility (which is against the reason why one should diversify). With increased volatility, you should demand higher returns. US stocks simply provides best risk adjusted returns for Americans. Where as if you’re an international investor, you just have to deal with increased volatility to begin with unless you’re extremely overweight on your domestic stock market, and so international diversification makes sense to them and they are almost forced to do it.

[@LOVE-JC777]

Nowadays the world is interconnected some of these companies are blend in some shape or form.

[@LOVE-JC777]

Joke is “if America coughs.” The world catches the flu 🤧