Mastering Retirement Journal

What We’re Reading – Nov 2020

What we're reading november 2020

 

 

Is Diversification Killing Your Portfolio?

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What if I told you that investing outside of the U.S. over the last decade has done nothing but hurt your portfolio returns? It’s a broad statement, but from a high level and looking at international stocks as an asset class and in aggregate, it’s true. Investors tend to overweight and over allocate to stocks and geographies they are familiar with, an effect referred to as “familiarity bias”. For investors in the United States, that effect has been a winning wager over the last decade.

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What We’re Reading – Aug 2020

What we're reading August 2020