Foreign buyers often have longer investment time horizons than domestic investors, and it is not unusual for some to view investments from a 50 - or even 100 - year perspective. (nreionline.com)
Siegel's table deserves to be prominently displayed on every investor's bulletin board as a reminder that bear markets need not be all that bad, especially for those with long investment time horizons and the emotional fortitude to keep to the program even in the face of heart - wrenching drops in the stock price. (moneysense.ca)
This can be attributed to four main factors: longer investment time horizons; different investment motivations; lower reference yields; and inferior economic growth prospects of countries foreign investors would normally consider as alternatives to the United States. (nreionline.com)