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> The question is whether the power and influence of the U.S. will grow similarly over the next 150 years as it has over the last 150.

> To invest mechanically without thinking about what’s actually happening in the world is cargo cult behavior.

This is why it's suggested that unthinking mechanical investors invest globally, not just in the US. For example, VT, a single set and forget index fund has 40% international exposure. That's to speak nothing of the S&P 500 companies that do business internationally.

https://www.morningstar.com/etfs/arcx/vt/portfolio



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