The five year annualized returns were mostly negative with the MSCI EAFE index down 4.72%.
These choices should outperform the MSCI EAFE index of foreign stocks, historically as high as 5.56% annually.
For the period prior to Total International's April 1996 inception, I used returns data for the MSCI EAFE Index.
Over a 9.5 year period ending this past December, the overall MSCI EAFE Index gained 63.9% in total return.
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The ten year annualized returns were positive with the MSCI EAFE index up 4.67% and the United States up only 2.93%.
The MSCI EAFE index fell 12.14% while the emerging markets dropped 18.42%.
The iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund ( EFA) is designed to track the performance of publicly traded securities in the European, Australasian, and Far Eastern markets.
Since the March 9, 2009, market bottom, the OIGAX growth fund is up 119%, OIDCX is up 127% and iShares MSCI EAFE Index (EFA) is up 110%.
China Mobile is a member of my Validea Professional 10-stock Asia portfolio, which is up 15.8% this year while the MSCI EAFE index is in the red.
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The three year returns were very good for the global markets but the MSCI EAFE index was only up 7.65% while the emerging markets index was up 20.07%.
Therefore, if you hanker to put new money in the market but also want to take the summer off and not worry too much, you might look at the iShares MSCI EAFE Index.
Where he really separates himself from the MSCI EAFE Index of developed world stocks are in two sectors highly sensitive to the economy: technology and industrials with weightings nearly double those of the index.
In our infographic, the returns of the MSCI EAFE Index show that a falling dollar serves as a tailwind pushing greater returns on foreign stocks, while a rising dollar functions more as a headwind, cutting back on EAFE returns.
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The Vanguard Group manages index funds and ETFs that track the MSCI EAFE and its two components, the MSCI European Index and MSCI Pacific Index.
Since June 1, the iShares FTSE Xinhua China ETF is down 4.95%, underperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index and the MSCI EAFE, both down around 2.9%.
Stocks in Kuwait, Oman, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain are all in positive territory, while MSCI's widely followed EAFE index of developed European and Asian markets has plunged 14% year-to-date.
Japan accounts for the largest country weighting in the MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australia, Far East) index, a global stock index covering more than 20 countries.
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