"Traditionally, investors in the United States have tilted portfolios towards domestic holdings of equities and fixed income. This made sense in the 1970's when the U.S. economy represented 36% of the world's economic output and U.S. companies comprised 70% of the market capitalization of the world's publicly traded stocks. However, today is different. Currently, the U.S. accounts for 23% of the world's economic output and U.S. companies represent 42.3% of the world's publicly traded stocks ... Despite this change in world market capitalization, the average 401k investor's exposure to international funds is just 8% of assets[.]"

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