Spanning the Globe: Looking abroad for market opportunities

What were you doing 6 years ago? It was the summer of 2011 and amidst a 9.1% unemployment rate, a 1.8% GDP report, a U.S. debt downgrade, European debt crisis (remember PIIGS?), and renewed weakness in housing prices we were busy writing our “Time to Get Patriotic” piece urging investors to buy U.S. stocks (SEIA Report Volume 4, Issue 2 dated June 2011). Since then, markets have more than doubled, with the S&P 500® moving from below 1200 to over 2400 as of early May 2017. That’s the good news.

While a boon for net worth statements, the rise in stock prices has come with a host of far less desirable effects. Download the full article here.


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