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FYI: One of the primary reasons for recent weakness among the biggest and best American Funds is that their domestic funds typically have more than 10% allocated to foreign stocks. In the five previous calendar years, U.S. stocks have dominated foreign stocks, which effectively pushed many of the American Funds down in the ranks. Regards, Ted http://investorplace.com/2015/06/american-funds-agthx-smcwx/print