import Link from 'next/link'; import { Alert, AlertDescription, AlertTitle } from '@/components/ui/alert'; import { Button } from '@/components/ui/button'; import { Info } from 'lucide-react'; import { AuthorBio } from '@/app/components/AuthorBio'; import { FaqSection, type FaqItem } from '@/app/components/FaqSection'; import type { Metadata } from 'next'; const faqs: FaqItem[] = [ { question: 'How much of my portfolio should be domestic?', answer: 'A common approach is market-cap weighting globally (roughly 55–60% US, 40–45% international today). Some investors keep 10–30% home tilt for currency needs, but large overweights increase concentration risk.', }, { question: 'Does currency hedging remove home bias?', answer: 'No. Hedging manages currency volatility but does not reduce country/sector concentration. Home bias is about overweighting domestic equities relative to their global weight.', }, { question: 'Are there times when a home tilt makes sense?', answer: 'Yes. If you have future liabilities in local currency (housing, tuition) or you want to simplify taxes, a modest tilt can be justified. Keep it intentional and sized.', }, { question: 'What about emerging markets?', answer: 'Global indexes already include emerging markets (EM). Adding a small EM tilt is optional; avoid excluding EM entirely to prevent regional concentration.', }, { question: 'How do I reduce home bias in practice?', answer: 'Replace single-country funds with global or All-World ETFs. Set an allocation policy (e.g., 80% global cap-weight, 20% local tilt) and rebalance to it instead of reacting to headlines.', }, ]; export const metadata: Metadata = { title: 'Home Bias in Investing: Why It Matters and How to Fix It', description: 'Home bias concentrates risk in one country. Learn why it happens, how it hurts returns, and simple steps to global diversification.', alternates: { canonical: 'https://investingfire.com/learn/home-bias-in-investing', }, openGraph: { title: 'Home Bias in Investing: Why It Matters and How to Fix It', description: 'Reduce country concentration, improve diversification, and stay tax aware.', type: 'article', siteName: 'InvestingFIRE', url: 'https://investingfire.com/learn/home-bias-in-investing', images: [ { url: 'https://investingfire.com/apple-icon.png', width: 180, height: 180, alt: 'InvestingFIRE Logo', }, ], }, }; export default function HomeBiasPage() { const jsonLd = { '@context': 'https://schema.org', '@type': 'Article', headline: 'Home Bias in Investing: Why It Matters and How to Fix It', author: { '@type': 'Organization', name: 'InvestingFIRE Team', }, publisher: { '@type': 'Organization', name: 'InvestingFIRE', logo: { '@type': 'ImageObject', url: 'https://investingfire.com/apple-icon.png', }, }, datePublished: '2025-01-24', description: 'Understand home bias, its risks, and practical steps to diversify globally while respecting local tax rules.', }; return (