In order to stabilize their portfolio around the MSCI World, investors have several alternatives.
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Dusseldorf The US leading index S&P 500 has set a new low for the year. On the one hand, this is a bad sign for the global stock markets, because the USA is considered the leading stock exchange, and the rest of the world is based on its development.
But it’s also a problem for many ETF savers. Because in the most popular exchange-traded index fund (ETF), the MSCI World, US stocks make up two-thirds of the value.
The cluster risk of the MSCI World has always been a point of criticism. The USA and here in particular tech stocks have a particularly high proportion. The top five stocks alone, namely Apple, Tesla, Microsoft and Alphabet’s A and C shares, are more heavily weighted than 19 of the 23 industrialized nations shown combined.
The Handelsblatt therefore spoke to experts on how investors can supplement their ETF portfolio in such a way that they reduce their dependency on the MSCI World. The following are four possible additions.
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