Over the past 15 years, Wall Street has dominated the global scene. The Morningstar US market index (including large, medium, and small companies) has more than quadrupled in value. The global ex-US basket (including developed and emerging markets) hasn't even doubled in value in dollar terms: $10,000 invested in the Morningstar US market at the beginning of the second quarter of 2008 would have grown to $42,000 by the end of the first quarter of 2023, whereas the same amount invested in the global ex-US index would have reached $17,200.
Wall Street dominates the global scene for several reasons:
These dynamics have led American companies to increase their weight in global indices: Wall Street accounts for nearly 60%, while the weight of the United States in the global economy is about 25%.
An investor should consider investing in the stock markets of other regions for these 5 main reasons:
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