Canadian - centric investors suffering
from home country bias and convinced tech is the future might want to add some global ETFs or some of the technology - focused ETFs mentioned above.
Not exact matches
It demonstrates that a global equity framework can provide diversification and higher long - term risk - adjusted returns for investors
from high growth
countries who often hold
home -
biased equity portfolios that can have high concentration risk.
This so - called «
home country bias» starts
from the moment most of us begin to invest.
Those that do also suffer
from «
home country bias,» meaning they tend to overvalue Canadian securities.
We suffer
from a chronic case of
home country bias, and in the process we may miss a lot of chances to potentially improve the risk / return in portfolios.
«
Home country bias is a common problem with investors,» says DeGoey, who recommends Jeff lower his Canadian equity holdings to 18 %
from 41 %.
Most stock investors suffer
from a «
home country»
bias.