Fidelity Investments: International Funds

What are international stock funds?

Like domestic stock funds, international stock funds invest in companies. However, international stock funds primarily invest in the common stocks of companies based in overseas markets.

Why invest in international stock funds?

These days, we live in a truly global economy. Invest solely in domestic stock funds, and your portfolio may be missing out. For many investors, international funds can be a good way to diversify their existing portfolios.

Investor Profile

Higher risk tolerance. Find out more about the risks of international investing.
Comfortable with price volatility.
Looking to further diversify a portfolio.

Inverse and/or Leveraged Mutual Funds are funds that utilize inverse and/or leveraged investment strategies. These funds are suitable for sophisticated investors only. Such funds involve increased risks, including investment strategies where the funds move in the opposite direction of an underlying index or benchmark. As well, daily rebalancing may impair fund performance if a benchmark or index experiences volatility.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Diversification does not ensure a profit or guarantee against loss.

Foreign investments involve greater risks than US investments, including political and economic risks and the risk of currency fluctuations.

Before investing, consider the funds’ investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses. Contact Fidelity for a prospectus or, if available, a summary prospectus containing this information. Read it carefully.

Overseas companies may not seem so foreign after all

The Fortune Global 500 lists hundreds of companies based overseas that you can invest in – many that you may know well.

Companies you know

Cadbury Schweppes^®

DaimlerChrysler^TM

Nestle^®

Toyota^®

Unilever^®

Brands you use

Alka-Seltzer^®

Alpo^®

Dr. Pepper^®

Lipton^®

Shell^®

Snapple^®