To gain exposure to some of the world’s largest companies, achieve investment diversification benefits and take advantage of fluctuating currency exchange rates.
A portfolio that includes equities listed on the NYSE, NASDAQ, the SEHK and other share markets can provide diversification benefits because the factors that drive the markets in the United States, Hong Kong and elsewhere at any given time are different to those that prevail at home. For this reason, spreading risk across different markets can help to produce higher risk-adjusted returns.
Also, there are benefits to investors when exchange rates work in your favour. Currency risk, known as exchange-rate risk, arises from the change in price of one currency in relation to another.