I think we can all agree that government bond etfs (compared to corporate/emerging markets/etc) are the best thing to have if a crash occurs. If you don't agree just assume they do for the sake of this question.
Now I'd like to know what your opinion is regarding the geographical exposure of a government bond etf when we are buying that bond etf for the sake of 'taking advantage' of crash by rebalancing our portfolio.
I for one plan to take the MSCI etf as a stock etf to be well diversivied (80% of portfolio) http://ift.tt/1F6gGHn
Though when it comes to the bond etf I think it would make more sense for me to take a eurozone bond etf (that is if eurozone bond etfs are great when a stock crashes occur) due to me living in europe (currency risk, I know the stock etf is in dollars but I don't mind currency risk on a stock etf)
So What do you guys think? would a global government bond etf be better for such a situation? would another specific geographical government bond etf provide better results? Would a normal bond (non etf) Be better?
Does it even matter? I see a lot of people saying that government bond etfs are superior to other bond etfs in regards to a stock crash. But I never saw anyone discussing the geographical location of that government bond etf regards to a stock crash.
Maybe it's cos it doesn't really matter? anyways discuss
Submitted January 06, 2018 at 08:40AM by Dragonlordsk8er http://ift.tt/2AAlmdy
