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International diversification is nothing new, although it's recently been spurred by the growth and success of emerging markets. This year alone, developing-market ETFs have fared much better than most developed countries' indices. For instance, the iShares MSCI Emerging Market Index has returned roughly 67% so far in 2009; compared with the 23% return of the S&P 500, that's pretty impressive.

Although some domestic stocks like Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) have seen substantial gains year to date, blue chips like Wal-Mart (NYSE:WMT) and McDonald's (NYSE:MCD) have yielded slightly negative returns. Investors who placed their money in foreign or emerging-market index funds have generally fared much better. Brazil, for example, has seen tremendous gains from stocks like Petroleo Brasileiro (NYSE:PBR) and AmBev (NYSE:ABV). And Chinese stocks Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) and Fuqi International (NASDAQ:FUQI) have also helped bump up the Chinese market by bringing in monstrous returns.

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