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Home Country Bias: Should You Overweight Domestic Stocks?
Jul 3, 2024
Delving into home country bias in investing, the hosts discuss reasons for favoring domestic stocks despite global opportunities. They explore the UK's limited global exposure and the risks of overweighing domestic stocks. Chapters cover implications on investment decisions, sector composition variations, and the impact of home country bias on UK stock performance. They also touch on market cap weighting, safe haven currencies, and the stability of global currencies.
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- Overweighting domestic stocks leads to sectoral concentration risks, increasing vulnerability to sector-specific issues.
- Market cap weighting is an efficient strategy to construct a portfolio, reflecting a country's economic size and prospects.
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Home Country Bias in Investing
Investors tend to exhibit a home country bias by overweighting domestic stocks despite the global market offering better diversification opportunities. This bias is prevalent in many countries, with investors holding larger allocations to their home stock markets than the global market cap would suggest. For example, UK investors often have around 26% of their portfolios in UK stocks, compared to the UK's 4% global market allocation. Similarly, Canadian investors allocate over 50% to Canadian stocks despite Canada representing only 3.4% of global markets.
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