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Recent mutual fund flows suggest more advisors are going across the pond when constructing their client portfolios.
September 30 -
Determining the “right” allocation to international equities for clients' portfolios isn’t easy and depends on who you ask.
September 29 -
When news accounts make clients jittery, advisors must help them strike a balance between bad news and the long view.
September 26 -
Advisors should think carefully about finding the right macroeconomic numbers and statistics to share with clients.
September 26 -
New York is the capital of the art world, but brave investors may want to look farther afield for opportunities. Be very careful, advisors say.
September 26 -
These funds may give clients access to well-priced properties in Asian and European real estate markets, plus a break from the U.S. interest rate cycle.
September 25 -
Which is more important to clients' frontier economy asset portfolios? Debt? Equity? The answer is both.
September 24 -
An S&P report finds investors who turn to actively managed mutual funds or ETFs for international exposure aren’t getting their money’s worth, but some experts disagree, pointing particularly to small-caps.
September 23 -
American Depository Receipts can provide investors with an easy way to directly hold equities from around the world.
September 22 -
Indian stocks have been on a tear this year amid optimism about the country’s new government, but political uncertainty and rich valuations should give investors pause.
September 19 -
Advisors must carefully examine what countries and types of companies are in various indexers’ emerging and frontier market baskets.
September 19 -
Advisors can help clients achieve foreign diversification in their portfolios by buying U.S.-listed companies with major overseas footprints. Is it enough?
September 19 -
Currencies can offer investors high returns, but advisors should be aware of the dangers of buying equity and currency assets from the same place.
September 18 -
The payouts may be substantial, but don’t let the dividends from foreign equities and funds shrink because of tax withholding.
September 17 -
As the S&P 500 bounces around record levels, observers from Blackstone Group’s President Tony James to Yale Professor Robert Shiller find U.S. stocks overvalued, but the same isn’t true for foreign equities.
September 16 -
Emerging markets bonds are volatile so they aren’t for everyone. But three main factors behind the sector's outperformance over the past decade continue to push this asset class higher, advisors say.
September 15 -
Advisors need a global outlook to best serve their clients. International travel can help achieve such a vision meaningfully.
September 12 -
With domestic oil and gas production forecasts buoyed by fracking extracting technologies, many investors have begun to seek new ways to refine their asset portfolios so they bolster efforts to help the earth achieve sustainability.
September 12 -
With NATO and Russia at loggerheads over a civil war in Ukraine, Britain facing the possible secession of Scotland and the Euro sinking, it might seem odd to think about investing client assets in Europe. But think again, some experts say.
September 12 -
Israel and Gaza. Russia and the Ukraine. When does smart money bet on the conflicts subsiding?
September 11 -
Frontier markets exhibit the same signs of possible profitability that could be found a decade ago in emerging markets.
September 10 -
If Scotland votes for independence from the U.K., will that bolster or threaten the Scottish economy? What could it mean for ex-pat clients?
September 9 -
Should advisors be looking at a China that promises investor riches or a China that bodes disaster?
September 8 -
With 10-year Treasuries paying only 2.37%, and CD's offering investors even less, finding income for older clients remains a challenge for advisors.
September 7 -
Some predict an increase in volatility in the U.S. followed by an uptick in global volatility. How should advisors help their clients prepare?
September 5 -
To prevent another meltdown of the market that helped spur the global crisis in 2008, large broker-dealers should receive access to Federal Reserve loans to enhance liquidity in the sector, according to a new report.
September 5 -
Besides the risks inherent in any equities, and those of gold price fluctuations, mining stocks may be subject to geopolitical threats as well. Is there any way to screen for such risks and focus on “safe” gold mining stocks?
September 4 -
Advisors who want to include single-country funds in clients' portfolios may have to choose between ETFs and closed-end mutual funds. While both versions trade like stocks, there are crucial differences to consider.
September 3 -
Is there any reason to include global stock funds in client portfolios? Why not just use domestic funds and foreign funds in their asset allocation?
September 2 -
Some regions of the world have outperformed others, but deciding how to allocate foreign equity dollars can be challenging.
August 31