Financial planners often explain that diversification is important. That's pretty easy to grasp when you think about the saying, "Don't put all of your eggs in one basket." But, when it comes to ...

In the case of this ETF, it tracks the MSCI EAFE Investable Market Index (IMI), a stock index encompassing small, medium-sized, and large companies from around the world -- except the U.S. and Canada.

At roughly 25% of the world's gross domestic product (GDP), the United States is, by far, the most important market in the world. It also happens to be one of the most developed from a financial ...