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by pydry 249 days ago
>And just like diverse investments protect you from the failure of a specific asset, diverse countries can protect you from, for example, a collapse in heath care, a housing crisis or a currency crisis.

Although, just like certain asset classes correlate strongly, certain countries are geopolitically, economically, militarily tied at the hip and will both rise and fall together.

I wouldnt consider anywhere western a good hedge against America going down coz it has a really good chance of getting dragged down with it.