What are the best international funds?
Well, the answer depends on your criteria for "best". Is it the one-year return? Five-year return? Volatility? Fees? Management Quality? How much it beat a specific index?
There are dozens of ways to rank top performing international funds. In addition, you can break international funds into categories like best international bond funds, best
international stock funds, best international real estate funds, or best international index funds.
So we've chosen here to simply list the top rated international funds by return over five years and regardless of what the international mutual fund invests in. Then, we've included links to several great search tools that will allow you to answer this question yourself, no matter how you choose to rank greatness.
Best 5 Year Returns - Top 10 International Stock Mutual Funds
These are the best international fund returns as ranked by Morningstar on December 21, 2009:
1. T. Rowe Price Latin America (PRLAX) 27.94%
2. BlackRock Latin America A (MDLTX) 27.04%
3. Dreyfus Greater China A (DPCAX)
23.56%
4. Fidelity Latin America (FLATX) 23.11%
5. Fidelity Advisor Latin America A (FLTAX) 22.67%
6. DWS Latin America Equity S
21.96%
7. ING Russia A (LETRX)
21.70%
8. Matthews China
21.47%
9. Fidelity Advisor Emerging Asia A (FEAAX) 19.20%
10.Evergreen Emerging Markets Growth A (EMGAX) 18.96%