# Pay attention, "the worm has turned", international stocks starting to beat US stocks

**URL:** <https://community.clark.com/t/pay-attention-the-worm-has-turned-international-stocks-starting-to-beat-us-stocks/7279>\
**Category:** Investing\
**Created:** [March 14, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/pay-attention-the-worm-has-turned-international-stocks-starting-to-beat-us-stocks/7279 "2025-03-14T23:47:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/pay-attention-the-worm-has-turned-international-stocks-starting-to-beat-us-stocks/7279/1 "2025-03-14T23:47:32Z")

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For more than the past decade, it has been best to be in US stocks. The bull market in US stocks has been legendary. That may be changing, however.

On a 12, 6, and 3 month basis, Vanguard’s VTI US stock ETF has been bested by Vanguard’s VEU International Stock ETF.

This measure of momentum suggests that it might not be wise going forward to have only US stocks or US stock funds in your portfolio, underscoring the importance of globally diversified.

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**Author:** ![Henrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/87869e/32.png) [@Henrius](https://community.clark.com/u/Henrius)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 1:49am UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/pay-attention-the-worm-has-turned-international-stocks-starting-to-beat-us-stocks/7279/2 "2025-04-20T01:49:08Z")

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You know we are in a downturn when a quality foreign stock like Nestle can be bought for a good price. But now it is up over $100 like it was before. Darn. Should have bought even more in the crash.

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**Author:** ![ochotona](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.clark.com/ochotona/32/293_2.png) [@ochotona](https://community.clark.com/u/ochotona)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://community.clark.com/t/pay-attention-the-worm-has-turned-international-stocks-starting-to-beat-us-stocks/7279/3 "2025-04-20T13:52:33Z")

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World stocks (not US) are up 4.5% in 2025. Symbol VEU by Vanguard.