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>>1876470
>VTIAX seems to have not grown at all in 10y
Internationals are really volatile, even more than normal. The Emerging Markets component is subject to wild year-to-year swings. But you're not wrong that the years since the 2008 crash have been lean for Internationals until last year. But look at how they performed before then

As anon said, this stuff is cyclical. No one wants to own EM when it falls 53%, but you're glad as hell you have some when it rises 79%