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Old 05-18-2023, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Ecuadog View Post
What about countries that use the US dollar as their official currency?

Because the SP500 companies are already there, and you have that in your base portfolio, the intl funds end up being riskier tiered companies, so you are diversifying by adding a lower quality set of companies, no matter what currency the home country is using.