Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Tag: global diversification

  • From the Roman Empire to Today: How the U.S. Became the World’s Economic Leader

    From the Roman Empire to Today: How the U.S. Became the World’s Economic Leader

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    For the past 20 years that I have been investing in the stock market, I’ve learned from numerous finance books and blogs that the best way to grow and preserve capital is to diversify across different types of securities (bonds, stocks, cash, etc.) and, within the equity portion of the portfolio, to diversify globally. Forget…

  • Global Diversification Is A myth

    Global Diversification Is A myth

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    Why I am giving up on global diversification and putting all my money in the U.S. stock market. Early in my journey as an investor, I was led to believe that the smartest thing I could do for my portfolio was to diversify globally. So, I did. I had a bit of everything in my…