GLO: High American Exposure But A Lot To Offer For An Aggressive Investor

Power Hedge
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Summary

  • Most investors have too much exposure to their own home countries, which is an incredibly big risk for American ones.
  • GLO invests in a portfolio of assets around the world, so it could be a way to help spread yourself around internationally.
  • America's markets are more overvalued than in history and this fund is currently very heavily concentrated in those markets.
  • The fund's capital gains more than cover the 10.70% yield that it pays out.
  • The fund does trade at a premium, but it is a much lower premium than it has had historically.
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One of the biggest problems that most investors have with their portfolios is an overexposure to their own home countries. This is something known as home country bias, and while it is understandable, it is also problematic as

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