Truth is, it’s not just New Yorkers who have a myopic view of the world. As we come off an incredible year for capital markets, many U.S. investors—and their portfolios—display a distorted perspective, with U.S.-based investments dwarfing (or crowding out entirely) foreign holdings. As of mid-2019, only 37% of households investing in mutual funds owned any international or global stock funds at all, an Investment Company Institute survey found. But U.S. investors need to consider that non-U.S. asset classes might provide greater opportunity and could help drive portfolio return in the years ahead. Here are five reasons to put more foreign mutual funds and ETFs in your portfolio.

事实是，不仅仅是纽约人对世界有短视的看法。在资本市场经历了令人难以置信的一年之际，许多美国投资者及其投资组合对美国经济表现出一种扭曲的看法美国的投资使外国控股相形见绌(或完全被挤出)。投资公司协会(Investment Company Institute)的一项调查发现，截至2019年年中，投资共同基金的家庭中只有37%拥有国际或全球股票基金。但美国投资者需要考虑美国以外的市场。资产类别可能提供更大的机会，并可能有助于推动未来几年的投资组合回报。这里有五个理由让你在投资组合中加入更多的外国共同基金和etf。