Break for the border
When it comes to investing in shares, it can be easy to default to the Aussie market. But this forgoes the raft of benefits on offer in international equities.
Don’t box yourself inside the borders. Australia has great investment opportunities to be sure, but they’re limited. We make up roughly 2.1% of the MSCI World Index, so it follows that you’re missing exposure to 97.9% of the global market.
What’s more, the Aussie market is concentrated in only a few sectors. “The Australian sharemarket has becoming increasingly concentrated into just two to three sectors, being banks, mining companies and consumer or grocery retailers, with limited exposure to those sectors exposed to the most
