The importance of international stocks in your portfolio

By Mike Switzer

Published January 27, 2026 at 6:30 AM EST

William Jeter, chartered financial analyst and investment advisor with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, S.C. — William Jeter, chartered financial analyst with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, S.C.

With all of the current geopolitical uncertainties out there right now, you would think it might be time to shy away from investing in international stocks. However, our next guest says that a recent research report shows otherwise. Mike Switzer interviews William Jeter, a chartered financial analyst with Abacus Planning Group in Columbia, SC.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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