Quarterly earnings call transcripts indicate global consumer demand is stabilizing, pushing analysts to favor international investing in cyclical sectors such as travel and retail. To invest in ETFs, you could start with a smaller amount and work up from there. One way that might help is by automatically investing your spare change with Acorns . Correlations are changeable, though. I recently published research on geographic revenue sources for Morningstar’s 48 single-country equity indexes. This year, most markets saw their share of domestic revenues rise and international revenues fall. In an era when global interconnectedness is fraying, financial markets around the world may increasingly go their own way. The benefits of international portfolio diversification could improve. International investing sentiment got a boost after the Euro STOXX 50 hit a 12-month high, supported by higher-than-expected Q1 corporate earnings. Bond yields across the eurozone have remained stable, improving risk appetite.
