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What to say when clients hate you for advising international investments

First off, advisers should tell them that adding international stocks can dampen a portfolio's volatility, and increase the number of potential winners.

If you're a financial adviser, you probably get occasional questions about your investment recommendations. And if you've put 15% to 20% or more of your client's assets in international funds, many of those questions may have been more pointed than you would like, now that global markets have swoone

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