REVIEW: Never Kiss a Rake by Anne Stuart. 1  Dear Ms. Stuart: In 2010, you released two enjoyable historical romances in your The House of Rohan series (not to be confused with the Kings of Rohan).
Then you can look at just the stock portion of your portfolio and decide how much of it you want in international stocks versus U.S. stocks. Vanguardâs research suggests that a minimum of 15% of your stocks should be invested internationally, with the maximum based on global market capitalization.
At first glance, there doesn't seem to be much benefit to diversifying away from domestic stocks into international stocks. From 1970 through 2011, the S&P 500 Index returned 9.8 percent, and the MSCI EAFE Index returns 9.6 percent.However, there have been long stretches when U.S. stocks performed relatively poorly while international stock performed relatively well, and vice versa.s far as your returns go, a drop in a foreign currency's value tells you nothing about the dollar returns you might earn. For example, in 1956 the British pound was worth about $2.80. At the end of 2011, it was worth about $1.60.