| My colleague Michelle Caruso-Cabrera made some very good points on air today concerning investing overseas: because of enormous moves in currency, buying stocks overseas—including ETFs—can be perilous.
As an example, she notes the German DAX index is up 22 percent this year, but the iShares Germany ETF, which measures the performance of the German equity market, is up only 8 percent in U.S. dollars, thanks to the tremendous drop in the euro (down almost 13 percent against the dollar)...............................................Full Article: Source
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