Point taken deejay, many of our consumer goods are indeed heavily dependent on the U.S. I suspect you are also considerably more aggressive than I am, especially these days (hoping to retire in about 4yrs). By comparison, our investments are at about 5 times home equity but U.S. exposure is only about 40% of savings. Never had much luck with other foreign markets largely due to the forex issue, tend to stick with U.S. multinationals/ETFs. Cheers and continued good luck :)