World of Opportunity
Domestic funds tasting sour? Try some international flavor.
Just as the Big Grizzly has hit our markets hard, it's done the same to many around the world. But if you're a fundamental bottom-up research analyst, like those at the MFS International New Discovery Fund (MIDAX), that's good news. "There's a lot of value to be gained from that," says Betsy Palmer, one of the fund's managers. "The valuation levels of international stocks compared to U.S. stocks are cheaper right now, whether you look at the price-to-earnings ratio, the price to cash flow, the price to book value or price to sales."
And, because the international smaller-cap stocks don't perform as large-cap U.S. ones do, that could mean investment opportunity. How so? Palmer says international small- and mid-cap stocks are more dependent on local economies than large-cap U.S. stocks. "If you're a French retailer, for instance, it doesn't matter what's going on with the global economy--what's important is what's going on locally."
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