Comments by "Samson Soturian" (@samsonsoturian6013) on "Is Home Country Bias a Mistake?" video.

  1. Warren Buffet once said that he doesn't invest in Russia because he's from a hostile country and that poses additional risks that stocks don't compensate for. He was right as if he had invested in Russia he would have likely been forced to sell at a loss.
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  2. Come on. We all know you're buying S&P stocks one way or another
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  3.  @archvaldor  Except he's competing against Russian shareholders who simply do not have that risk and can bid up the price
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  4. The two are not related, and Canada gets immigrants too
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  5. @finkrer  extremists don't exist. Those are simply states you're feuding with at the moment
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  6.  @finkrer  Which makes you a garden variety wannabe gangster.
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  7. They're better off staying away from stocks as their home countries are net receivers of investments and they're often undeveloped for a reason (namely crime). They're better off with real-world investment (getting common job skills for instance).
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  8. Yes, be we also want money
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  9. Th S&P is so big it's argued to be globally diversified and it's the benchmark active managers can't beat
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  10. It would vary between countries. Canadians, for instance, should invest in US stocks because of minimal added risks, which skews the numbers. Russians should exhibit extreme home-country bias, because most of their "foreign" friends use the Moscow stock exchange anyway.
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