About 1 year later, as a USD investor in index etfs/funds, I still prefer US equities over international mainstays (ignoring individual stocks, which could always do better/worse than any index). US equity etfs have outperformed emerging and developed equity etfs over the last year and last five years. I still don’t see much reason to buy broad international indexes.
| Total Returns | ||
| ETF | 1 year | 5 year |
| SPY (S&P 500) | 25.6% | 119.5% |
| QQQ (Nasdaq 100) | 53.7% | 194.4% |
| EEM (Emerging Markets) | 7.0% | 15.7% |
| VGK (Europe) | 19.1% | 59.8% |
| EWJ (Japan) | 18.1% | 40.5% |
| EWA (Australia) | 12.9% | 61.1% |