In this episode of “What’s the Risk?” we take a look at the historic performance of the FTSE All-World Ex US Index. Some people would know the ETFs that seeks to track the performance of this index as Vanguard’s VEU in both Australia and the US.
Since it’s inception in 2000, this index has struggled over he long term. It almost began with the dotcom bubble bursting, then later in the 2000’s saw the global financial crisis, which lingered for a long time in Europe. While its performance has improved, it was then shaded by the strong recovery in US stocks over the past 15 years which has left some investors questioning why invest outside of the US?
In more recent times people have started to question whether the US is the place to be due to several notable reasons, but as we point out, it’s best not to over or under allocate based on what you think might happen because you could easily be wrong footed and miss out on returns when they arrive or see a period of underperformance in the areas you over allocate to.
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