Stock Market and Unfortunate Tendency

market capitalization: But this is the 21st century; in less time than it takes to blink, much less read these words, news travels from one corner of the globe to another, and hedge funds and other large investors will respond equally rapidly, according to The Guardian. US investors have an unfortunate tendency, encouraged by the fact that the country stock market makes up at least half of the world market capitalization which makes it easy for us to never venture into foreign stocks, to forget that what happens abroad can take a toll on our returns. True, whatever happens to the Standard & Poor 500 stock index on 23 June, in response to the vote results, probably will pale in comparison to either the sigh of relief or the ripples of panic that will flow through Europe financial markets. Indeed, we sometimes wake up to important global economic events – the near implosion of the European Union due to the catastrophic economic problems in Greece and the related problems in countries like Spain and Ireland; China slowdown – only when spills over into our own world. Facebook Twitter Pinterest EU referendum: Brexit for non-Brits That why polls showing the Brexit vote may result in a majority of Britons voting to leave the EU are only now starting to rattle US financial markets, months after British and European stocks and bonds began feeling the chill. Sorry, your browser is unable to play this video. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.