Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VXUS): Stock Pick of Graham Stephan
We just covered the Graham Stephan Stock Portfolio: Top 11 Stocks and Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VXUS) ranks 5th on this list. Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (NASDAQ:VXUS) is…
The $1,000 Vanguard Portfolio: Core Holdings for Any Market
Quick Read Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) carries a 0.03% expense ratio and $1.4 trillion in assets with 33% technology weighting, Vanguard Value ETF (VTV) is up 6% year-to-date with a 1.97% dividend yield and tilts toward financials and healt…
Quick Read Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF (VGK) and Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VXUS) provide international diversification to hedge against US stock weakness, with VGK returning 35.09% over the past year and VXUS r…
Vanguard Projects International Stocks Will Beat the US for 10 Years. Here Are 3 ETFs Built to Capture That.
Quick Read Vanguard expects US equity growth of 4-5% over the next decade but predicts non-US equities can achieve 7%, prompting investors to consider international ETF exposure. Three strong options include Vanguard Total International St…
Vanguard’s Own Research Says International Stocks Will Beat the US for the Next Decade. Here Is How to Position.
Quick Read VXUS offers full global diversification outside the U.S. It covers both developed and emerging markets at a rock-bottom cost. VYMI adds income with a value tilt. Higher yield and lower valuations make it appealing for income-foc…
The 3 ETFs Beating the Market in 2026 Have Almost Nothing in Common With the S&P 500
Quick Read RSP reduces concentration risk. Equal weighting spreads exposure more evenly across sectors and companies but may limit long-term upside. NLR offers a diversified nuclear play. It goes beyond uranium miners to include utilities…
The One International ETF Most Retirement Portfolios Are Missing Right Now
Quick Read Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) tracks over 8,000 foreign stocks across developed and emerging markets with a 2.86% yield and 5 basis point expense ratio, while outperforming the U.S. market by 4.2% year to date an…
Smart Investors Are Adding VXUS as International Stocks Surge Past U.S. Benchmarks
Quick Read Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) returned 32% over the past year while Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) returned 22%. Year-to-date through March 10, 2026, VXUS is up 5.92% versus VTI at 0.04%. International sto…
The Great Rotation Has Started—and Maybe Ended. What to Do Next.
Suddenly, tech stocks are struggling and a variety of out-of-favor sectors--value, small-caps, overseas, dividends, manufacturing—are hot. Why trying to do everything at once is so difficult. Continue Reading
What Does Dimensional International Value ETF Offer Investors Now? | DFIV ETF
Dilok Klaisataporn / Shutterstock.com Quick Read DFIV returned 47% over the past year versus 16% for the S&P 500. The fund concentrates heavily in European financials and energy. DFIV’s 3% dividend yield and unhedged currency exposure add…
FAMILY STOCK / Shutterstock.com As the calendar turns to 2026, the investment landscape has a different feel than it did just a few years ago. Among the different reasons is a heightened level of volatility that has helped define 2025 and…
Courtesy of The Vanguard Group Vanguard remains one of the top exchange traded fund (ETF) providers in the market. Founded in 1975 by John Bogle, who is ultimately credited with founding the exchange traded fund (ETF). In addition to provi…
Retirees Are Loading up on These 3 Defensive Dividend Giants
24/7 Wall St. Quick Read At the very top of any retiree’s defensive dividend list should be the Vanguard Total International Stock ETF, thanks to its strong returns and consistent payouts. The Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF adds another la…
Worried About an AI Bubble? Look to Surging International Stocks
U.S. stocks continue to climb the wall of worry and post new records. The S&P 500 Index (SPY) is now up more than 17% year to date and is on track to achieve double-digit returns for the third consecutive year. International stocks have do…
5 ETFs With Big Inflows Last Week on S&P 500's Record Rally
ETFs across various categories raked in $34.1 billion in capital last week. Investor appetite was broad-based. U.S. equity ETFs led the way with $11.9 billion in inflows. International equity ETFs attracted $8 billion in capital while U.S.…
Photo by Antoine Schibler via Unsplash ETFs are booming in the US, but that doesn’t mean investors are keeping their investments stateside. International equity ETFs that invest in publicly traded companies have surged this year, posting r…
Stocks staged a remarkable recovery from their April lows, closing out the first half of the year with strong gains. Both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite posted all-time highs, thanks to fading geopolitical tensions and ebbing tariff-…
The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF rose Friday and is on track to close at a record. The fund , which tracks a FTSE index of world stocks that excludes U.S. shares, is up more than 15% for the year, compared with the S&P 500's 2.1%…
Kevin O’Leary says ‘you’re actually losing money’ in a bank account — do this simple thing with your hard-earned cash instead
Kevin O’Leary says ‘you’re actually losing money’ in a bank account — do this simple thing with your hard-earned cash instead Despite the Federal Reserve's increasingly hawkish stance, inflation continues to be a problem. In March, U.S. co…
Three-Fund Portfolios Can Cut Risk, Taxes, and Costs for Investors. Here’s How to Build One.
Retirement savers looking for simplicity, and less volatility, should consider the less-is-more strategy. Many in the Bogleheads investor community dig it.
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is a mantra that worked surprisingly well for investors for a very long time. After all, we headed into 2020 with a long, robust bull market and a humming economy. Then things got fractured. COVID-19 got m…
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” is a mantra that worked surprisingly well for investors for a very long time. After all, we headed into 2020 with a long, robust bull market and a humming economy. Then things got fractured. COVID-19 got m…
Weekly Asset Class Fund Flows Investors often reallocate money in between asset classes, whether to manage risk or simply to rebalance. This is our weekly snapshot of where ETF investors are putting their money. This past week was solid go…
Weekly Asset Class Fund Flows Investors often reallocate money in between asset classes, whether to manage risk or simply to rebalance. This is our weekly snapshot of where ETF investors are putting their money. This past week was solid go…
Investing in foreign stocks may not be as precarious as walking a tightrope, but lately, it hasn't been a cakewalk, either. For more than a decade, international shares have trailed U.S. stocks. Then came the pandemic sell-off. From peak t…