offshore mutual funds

[Caliga]

Does anyone other than Lemonjello (who rarely visits Languish anymore ) have alot of investing experience in offshore mutuals?

I have one already that kicks serious ass, which I got at his suggestion, but I want to shift more of my portfolio into offshore holdings... in particular I'm interested in Latin America (especially Brazil and to a lesser extent Mexico).

[garbon]

Venezuela!

[Caliga]

Venezuela!

[alfred russel]

Does anyone other than Lemonjello (who rarely visits Languish anymore ) have alot of investing experience in offshore mutuals?

I have one already that kicks serious ass, which I got at his suggestion, but I want to shift more of my portfolio into offshore holdings... in particular I'm interested in Latin America (especially Brazil and to a lesser extent Mexico).

Do you mean mutual funds specializing in foreign holdings or mutual funds actually in Mexico?

[alfred russel]

Anyway, if its the former, the answer is yes, if it is the latter, then no.

Fidelity has a bunch of international mutual funds, listed at the link below, including one for Latin America. The expense ratio is over 1%, which is kind of high.

http://personal.fidelity.com/products/funds/mutual_funds_overview.shtml.cvsr

All my international funds are in one place at Vanguard which is an index fund that is the entire world, less the US. The expense ratio is around .4%.

[Caliga]

Do you mean mutual funds specializing in foreign holdings or mutual funds actually in Mexico?

Sorry, the former.

[Caliga]

All my international funds are in one place at Vanguard which is an index fund that is the entire world, less the US. The expense ratio is around .4%.

ticker pl0x

[alfred russel]

All my international funds are in one place at Vanguard which is an index fund that is the entire world, less the US. The expense ratio is around .4%.

ticker pl0x

This is the fund I use (VFWIX):

https://personal.vanguard.com/us/funds/snapshot?FundId=0770&FundIntExt=INT

The Latin American Fidelity Fund is (FLATX):

http://personal.fidelity.com/products/funds/mfl_frame.shtml?315910844

If you want broad international exposure, you can't do better than my fund since it theoretically covers the entire world excluding the US--hence it is the only fund I own. The ticker symbol for the Latin American fund may not be to your liking.

[Caliga]

 

[Admiral Yi]

P-O-N-Z-I,
P-O-N-Z-I,
P-O-N-Z-I,
And Ponzi was his name-o.

I am hard-pressed to think of any reason why an offshore fund would have any significant advantages over onshore.

[citizen k]

Does it have to be a mutual fund?

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