VGTSX & International Markets Shenanigans

[Patrick A]

I'm a passive index investor, currently re-balancing the stock side of my portfolio to be approximately 70/30 VTSMX/VGTSX or similar.  Because I have been buying more VGTSX every month I pay attention to it from time to time (I'm always hoping for the value to tank at the end of the month before my shares are purchased!).  Based on my short term anecdotal knowledge, now seems like a pretty good time to be buying it.  Not only has it fallen quite a bit in the last month, but it hasn't had the same magnitude of boom that the domestic markets have had over the last few years. 

I know there are many factors keeping the European and other emerging economies growing slower at the moment (Russia sanctions, for one), but it seems to me like a good place to be putting money. 

No real question here, just sharing my thoughts and hoping to hear what others think.  Of course this isn't actually going to change any of my investment decisions, but I do like to analyse.  So lets hear it!

[acroy]

hey, 3% yield is not a bad thing, and the central banks still have the big pump turned on

At least VGTSX is not peaking out every day. Close to peak, but not at it.

[Patrick A]

Oh yeah definitely, I did not mean to suggest I was unhappy with yields from recent years -- just that in the current stock environment of somewhat expensive equities and bonds with low yields, it seems like a nice place to pour some $$ into. 

[ender]

Heh I have nearly exactly the same amount in my international stock as I did when I purchased it a while ago (nearly to the dollar the same).

Mint shows the "cost" decreasing each time it has dividends though, that's rather annoying...