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Re:Ask HN: What did you do when you suddenly got rich? by refurb on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:12AM (#20522491)
Many of the companies on the S&P500 are global businesses whose value is based only partially on the US market.

Also, if something big happens in the US (9/11), stock markets tend to take a hit globally.

That said, I’d still diversify into a few international indexes.

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