Global Investing: The Missing Link for Indian Portfolios Amidst Domestic Market Volatility

• Indian investors face an uncomfortable reality with Nifty 50 delivering 10% returns while mid and small caps slipped, exposing economic concentration risk.
• Most Indian portfolios are heavily equity-biased, concentrated in domestic sectoral/thematic funds, ignoring 96% of global market capitalization.
• Global investing offers participation in diverse economies, currency appreciation benefits (hedging against INR depreciation), and non-correlated assets for stability.
• Institutional investors diversify globally, unlike retail investors who remain home-biased due to familiarity and habit.
• Intelligent investing requires geographic allocation and diversification across economies and currencies, not just loyalty to a single market.

Why It Matters: Global investing is crucial for Indian portfolios to mitigate concentration risk and access diverse opportunities.