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What is an International ETF? How They Work and Benefits

By Lyle Daly – Feb 4, 2025 at 11:03AM

Key Points

  • International ETFs offer portfolio diversity by investing in stocks outside the U.S.
  • Emerging market ETFs offer growth potential, but they also carry more risk.
  • Historically, the U.S. and international markets have both had periods of outperforming the other.
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