How to use mid-caps to diversify from the US

Medium sized companies are overlooked by investors but could offer an attractive ‘sweet spot’. We consider the case for mid-caps amid market volatility.

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Investors keen to diversify away from US mega cap stocks and avoid the worst of the current volatility in markets should look to global mid-caps, according to analysis by Aberdeen Asset Management.

For those who have a strong weighting in the US, global mid caps may well look attractive when thinking about the top stocks or funds to invest in to add diversification.

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Laura Miller

Laura Miller is an experienced financial and business journalist. Formerly on staff at the Daily Telegraph, her freelance work now appears in the money pages of all the national newspapers. She endeavours to make money issues easy to understand for everyone, and to do justice to the people who regularly trust her to tell their stories. She lives by the sea in Aberystwyth. You can find her tweeting @thatlaurawrites