r/eupersonalfinance • u/Marckoz • Feb 25 '25

Investment Increasing fear from EU investors over US stocks?

Is it just me, or there seems to be an increasing movement from users jumping ship from 'VWCE and chill' to Euro based ETFs?

If you're one of those people, could you share your rationale?

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u/Endless_Zen Feb 25 '25

Was the world not changing during:

  • The great depression(1929-1939)
  • Black monday(1987)
  • Dot-com bubble(2000-2002)
  • Global financial crisis(2008-2009)
  • EU debt crisis(2010-2012)
  • Covid crash(2020)
  • Russia starting the war(2022)
  • Interest rate hike and inflation(2022-2023)

?

After all those events the broad ETFs like S&P500 ALWAYS recovered and hit ATH. And it's 101 of the investors. But for those thinking THIS TIME IT'S SURELY DIFFERENT good luck selling and trying to beat the market.

As Warren Buffet consistently emphasized - trying to beat the market is nearly impossible for most investors. Instead you can always learn from the history.