1Foreign securities, foreign currencies and securities issued by U.S. entities with substantial foreign operations can involve additional risk relating to political, economic or regulatory conditions in foreign countries and are greater in emerging markets. These risks include fluctuations in foreign currencies; withholding or other taxes; trading, settlement, custodial and other operational risk; and the less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards of some foreign markets.
2A portfolio that concentrates its investments in one economic sector or geographic region faces the risk of higher share-price volatility.