Poll: what is your equity allocation to world regions? To make an apples-to-apples comparison use Morningstar Instant X-Ray and then copy and paste the "World Region" section. If you'd like, also include the P/PE, PE, or PE10 ratio. I'm guessing many are 100% VTI but I believe some do an international tilt as well?
Region Total Exposure (% of Stocks)
North America 11.73
Latin America 14.55
United Kingdom 3.17
Europe Developed 6.22
Europe Emerging 5.17
Africa/Middle East 5.15
Japan 3.23
Australia 1.41
Asia Developed 22.89
Asia Emerging 26.48
Not Classified 0.00
Keep in mind too that US Companies have tremendous exposure to international markets. I have never once traveled to a country and not come across McDonald's, Coca Cola, Nike, Boeing, Caterpillar, GE, IBM, Dell, Cisco, Microsoft, etc.
For simplicity though, I think it would be tough to beat VT as a single stock holding if someone wants low-cost and easy international stock exposure that also holds US companies.
Except for a small variable portfolio allocation to Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), I use Vanguard's Total World Stock Index (VT) for the stock portion of our Permanent Portfolio.
