What is it?

Diversity with Global Stock Indices

Indices provide you an inexpensive access to a basket of stocks. Because it is a basket of stocks it provides you more risk protection than investing in a single stock. It provides with a diverse portfolio, within the equity’s investment class. We define “true” diversity when you invest in more than 1 asset class. Indices are similar to mutual funds or 401k funds. Indices typically have a particular purpose or theme.  Global Indices provide great diversity against US stocks.  

SMIM = Swiss Market Index Mid-Cap
The index has about 30 Swiss mid-sized companies.  This index trades on the SIX Swiss Exchange

DAX = Deutscher Aktienindex (Translation: German Stock Market)
The DAX is a stock market index consisting of the 40 major German blue chip (large cap) companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.

FTSE = Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 (FTSE) 
The FTSE is a stock market index of about 100 UK large cap companies trading on the London Stock Exchange.

NKD = Nikkei 225
This is an index of Japanese stocks, it has about 225 companies. It is traded in the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE).  It hit an all-time high in December 1989, as of July 2023 it has NOT recovered.  We use this index all the time to show customers why they should not just buy and hold.