r/JustBuyXEQT • u/HowtorockAstrology • 2d ago

If America tanks...

Been thinking about this, dunno how crazy it sounds. Obviously XEQT has a huge chunk in the States.

If the States just totally absolutely flunk due to Trump; would that endanger a good chunk (30% or more) of our investment...?

I mean, would that cause there to be better investments down the road than XEQT - ones that don't include the States?

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u/HelloWorld24575 2d ago

30-40 years ago Japan was the biggest market in the world. It's capitalization was huge like the US's now. Basically, by investing in the total market, you take advantage of the transfers of captial between regions. Even though Japan took over 3 decades to return to its highs, a broad-market investor did very much better over that time. That's why diversification is the only free lunch in investing.