Invest internationally can diversify investors’ portfolio. It will not only help the investor to reduce the risk from having most of his/her assets in domestic market only. Furthermore, studies have indicated that investing in a combination of United State and overseas stocks has generated higher returns. Globalization, a big topic in the late 1980s, plays a significant role in many countries’s development. It encourages nations to share their resources to maximize every country’s profit. Due to this idea, most of the countries that decides to open their door and contributes their resource got their big share of the pie.                 One of the most popular products from globalization is the international mutual funds. Investment companies have been grouping companies in the same industry but in different countries, and sell that to the investors. It was a great success which boosts the world’s economy. Typically, these international mutual funds offer major growth potential but can be subject to some insecurity and the instability of out of the country investment. Regardless of short term instability, international equity market has favorable projection for continuous development on a fundamental establishment. With a large number of the most appealing investment opportunity available in the foreign market, the U.S investors cannot afford to draw themselves a boundary line to invest in domestic market only. The United States is no longer the leader of the global stock markets. As a matter of fact, the share of U.S stock has declined dramatically since 2007. One important fact that all international equity investor must put into consideration; investing in foreign market does require the knowledge of the political and economical factor of other countries, as well as the currency fluctuations.     Greenberger, Iris, Why Invest In International Equity Mutual Funds? , <http://www.investopedia.com/articles/mutualfund/08/international-equity-mutual-fund.asp>