Financial Advisor David John Marotta defines a stock index.
David John Marotta
David John Marotta is the President of Marotta Wealth Management, a fee-only financial planning and asset management firm in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is an oft-quoted writer and speaker on financial matters and his weekly financial column can be found at www.eMarotta.comHost: What is the EAFE Index?
David Marotta: The MSCI EAFE Index stands for EAFE; Europe, Australia, and the Far East and it represent all of the foreign stocks outside of the U.
S. in developed countries except Canada. So, a lot of advisors will invest in U.
S. stocks, they will invest in the EAFE and then they may by Canada specifically just a sort of round out the all the developed nations. The developed countries outside the U.
S.
, generally earn a percent or two more than U.
S. stocks, but they are also more volatile.
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What is a stock index?
