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Having an India-centric portfolio has served thousands of Indian investors well over the past few decades. With several sectors enjoying double-digit percentage growth, the growth of the Indian economy has benefited investors. But now, it is time to expand your horizon overseas.
Savvy investors manage risk and reduce the volatility of price movements by diversifying across assets. They smartly perceive that market risks affect nearly every holding and diversify among various asset classes. As an investor, you need to find the balance between risk and return to achieve your financial goals without keeping you up at night.
Why include international investments?
It's a changing world, as is evident around you. You use an office software made by iconic companies like Microsoft or Apple. You spend time regularly on Facebook and search for information on Google. With international investing, you can benefit from the business growth of these companies. In the absence of a diversified exposure to international holdings, you could end up with a gap in your portfolio allocation. International investments offer you potential exposure to—global innovation, revolutionary new technology and trends. By investing in international markets, you get the opportunity of diversifying your portfolio even more and managing your risks better.
Having said that, investing in international markets via actively managed Mutual Funds that analyse the fundamentals of every company in the portfolio can be crucial to your long-term investment. Besides, these Mutual Funds offer inherent diversification benefits thanks to the basket of securities that relieve you from the arduous task of picking individual and expensive stocks. You get a never-before option of building an international portion of your portfolio through a Systematic Investment Plan [SIP], irrespective of its price.
How do these funds add diversification to your portfolio?
Research reveals how adding international stocks can cut down market volatility and protect you from risks specific to a region.
As with any investment, it is wise to ensure you're allocating a suitable amount of your portfolio to international investments for your investment timeframe and willingness to take risks. However, be mindful that we at Kotak recommend investing up to 20% of one’s portfolio in international equities based on the risk profiling of the clients. Further, it is preferable to invest in globally diversified funds rather than a single country focused funds.
How to invest internationally?
An easy way of adding international companies to your portfolio is to invest in international Mutual Funds that invest in securities of foreign markets.
Currently recommended globally diversified international funds at Kotak include:
Franklin India Feeder - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund
500
06-Feb-2012
-16.09%
6.74%
10.96%
Invesco Global Consumer Trends^
(Invesco India - Invesco Global Consumer Trends FoF)
500
03-Oct-1994*
-16.74%
3.19%
5.04%
Wellington Global Innovation Fund^
(Kotak Global Innovation Fund of Fund)
1000
16-Feb-2017*
-10.27%
9.04%
12.09%
Source: Explorer | Data as on 31st January, 2023 | ^Underlying fund returns are calculated by converting USD to INR using RBI reference rates | *Underlying fund’s launch date
The above-mentioned Mutual Fund schemes invest in leading global innovators such as Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon, Walt Disney, VISA, AstraZeneca, Netflix, Starbucks, Visa, Airbnb, Nike and several others.
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