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At some point in your investing journey, you may look at your returns and wonder if they could be better.<\/p>\n

And if you’re a Betterment customer? Someone who’s been invested in one of our globally-diversified portfolios? Be prepared for one question in particular to creep into your mind:<\/p>\n

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“Wait, why isn\u2019t my Core portfolio keeping up with the S&P 500?”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The question comes up from time to time \u2014 and the answer largely lies in a little thing called home bias. To better understand it, let’s first take a quick tour through the magical world of markets.<\/p>\n

Hello, world. We’re here to invest.<\/h2>\n

We talk a lot about the “market” at Betterment, but in reality there is no one, single market. Instead, a bunch of interconnected markets are spread out across the world. And broadly speaking, from our perspective here in the States, you can place them into one of three buckets:<\/p>\n