[ankimal]

If you dont want to invest in emerging markets, its not the end of the world.

The risks can be higher but so are the rewards. The most important thing is to not just invest in a market blindly. Try your best to understand that market and keep tabs on that market.

You don't have to diversify for the sake for diversification. You can invest domestically and diversify by industries.

[matt_wulfeck]

For the most part of the last 5 years, the risks have been higher and the words have been significantly lower than investing in the USA[0]: +75% versus -11%.

[0] https://www.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&...