The Invisible Barrier: Why American Traders Leave International Profits on the Table — and How to Stop
Despite representing only a fraction of global market capitalization, US domestic equities dominate the average American investor's portfolio — a structural bias that quietly erodes long-term returns and concentrates risk. The reasons most US traders avoid international markets are understandable, but many are rooted in outdated assumptions, misplaced regulatory anxiety, and a home-country bias that the data simply does not support. It is time to challenge those assumptions directly.