Comments on: The Currency Effect on International Funds http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/04/the-currency-effect-on-international-funds/ Peering into the Cauldron of the Gods... Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:20:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason G. http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/04/the-currency-effect-on-international-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Jason G. Tue, 05 Dec 2006 02:13:24 +0000 http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/04/the-currency-effect-on-international-funds/#comment-239 You can also view funds priced in other currencies via StockCharts... For example, the EFA ETF (that tracks the EAFE index) priced in Euros would be here: <a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=efa:$xeu&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p62562975394" rel="nofollow">EFA:$XEU</a>. Another way to look at the performance is to look at the EFA's performance priced in terms of gold: <a href="http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=efa:$gold&p=D&yr=1&mn=0&dy=0&id=p62562975394" rel="nofollow">EFA:$GOLD</a>... You can also view funds priced in other currencies via StockCharts… For example, the EFA ETF (that tracks the EAFE index) priced in Euros would be here: EFA:$XEU.

Another way to look at the performance is to look at the EFA’s performance priced in terms of gold: EFA:$GOLD…

]]> By: John http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/04/the-currency-effect-on-international-funds/comment-page-1/#comment-238 John Mon, 04 Dec 2006 14:58:51 +0000 http://www.tasgall.com/2006/12/04/the-currency-effect-on-international-funds/#comment-238 I left this out of the original post, but the currency effect translates to roughly 45-55% of the total returns. The dollar has had an enormous positive impact. I'm wondering how many other investors are thinking about this and if a massive rebalancing isn't in the cards over the next 30-45 days that will equate to a significant amount of money pulling out of International funds in the short term. Be wary. I left this out of the original post, but the currency effect translates to roughly 45-55% of the total returns. The dollar has had an enormous positive impact. I’m wondering how many other investors are thinking about this and if a massive rebalancing isn’t in the cards over the next 30-45 days that will equate to a significant amount of money pulling out of International funds in the short term. Be wary.

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