One of the biggest trends in today’s investment environment is a shift to globalization. “Investors are looking beyond stocks and bonds in their portfolio and within stocks and bonds, they’re looking beyond their own borders,” says Catherine LeGraw, investment strategist with BlackRock. “The Canadian investor’s equity portfolio used to be 50% within Canada. Now it’s less than 35% in Canada.”
Watch the video to find out what other trends Legraw has noticed.
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