FX Impact experiment

Thank you all for the comments, very informative :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks for the experiment. The results are really informative. I was mainly focusing on buying ETFs in the main currency (USD) because apparently I overestimated the FX impact.

Thank you for the thread, it is very interesting :smiley:.

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Unless I am mistaken, this experiment shows minimal FX impact. What if someone bought US shares in 2016 just before Brexit and held until three months ago. They would have benefitted tremendously from favourable fx. FX does play a part but over the long term (several years) it sort of evens itself out.

On the whole, I don’t think its worth worrying about the impact of FX. Its better to focus on getting your investments right.

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