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American investors have a pretty narrow view of the world, said Jason Zweig in The Wall Street Journal. Americans have more than 72 percent of their stock holdings parked in U.S. stocks, even though U.S. stocks account for only 42 percent of the value of all equities. “When American investors do go abroad, they treat the world as lopsided.” In 2009, Americans put 95 percent of new international investment dollars into Brazil, Russia, India, and China. By contrast, they’re “spread thin in countries like Australia, Britain, France, and Japan,” which actually have more developed economies. According to the MSCI Barra (All Country World) index, Americans should actually have more money invested in such markets than they do at home.

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