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Changing 401k distribution, international investments or domestic?

With the DOW Jones falling another 300 points and China thinking about backing the euro instead of the dollar should I invest a larger portion of my money in international investments or keep them in domestic investments?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    International funds have worked for me also...in some cases more than doubling in the last 4 years...

    Think about it..the companies in the U.S. that are still doing well are the ones that do a large percentage of their business overseas..( UTX, DELL, HPQ, FLR, JEC even the Procters, Colgates, etc ) why shouldn't you?

    Don't go 90% or anything and check your funds on-line every so often, that's all.

  • 1 decade ago

    I really think the future of the world's economic growth is going to happen overseas while the American economy slows (in comparison to the rest of the world). Personally I'm focusing more of my investing into international stocks. But I'm not going wild - maybe 5-10% of my portfolio is being switched from domestic to int'l - with about a total of 20% of my entire portfolio being int'l, and the remaining 80% in either domestic stocks or cash.

    I still think in the long run both int'l and domestic are good investments - I just think int'l may start to grow faster than domestic.

  • Steveo
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    1 decade ago

    My wife and I have done quite well in international stocks in a mutual fund, up 23% per year for the last two. Some domestic have gone up 14%.

    Go figure. Split them up, don't go whole hog.

  • 1 decade ago

    That is what I have been doing for the past few years and it has worked for me. There is no telling what the future will bring though.

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  • 1 decade ago

    I put more of mine into international but not a whole lot more.

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