The S&P 500 Index is giving investors plenty of international exposure
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Breakfast with Benjamin: Companies in the S&P 500 are generating less and less of their income in the U.S., which means investors might have more exposure to international markets than they think.
- The global economy becomes more significant by the day as S&P 500 Index companies generate less and less (just 52% in 2014, down from 53.7% in 2013) of their income in the U.S. Investors might be more exposed to global markets than they think.
- Obama’s Clean Power Plan and the long-term gambit might have something for companies and investors. Batteries are so dumb.
- Are financial advisers ready for the next frontier of institutional-quality smart data? ‘By the time financial advisers get access to mutual fund data, they’ve already missed the big trades.’
- How much should fund flows influence investing decisions? Morningstar’s Christine Benz breaks it down.
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