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home bias

[/hoʊm baɪəs/]
nounpl: home biases
viés doméstico
1. The tendency of investors to invest disproportionately in domestic assets rather than foreign assets, despite the benefits of international diversification.
Home bias has caused many American investors to hold too much of their portfolio in U.S. stocks.
O viés doméstico fez com que muitos investidores americanos mantivessem uma quantidade excessiva de seu portfólio em ações dos EUA.
2. A cognitive bias where people favor their own country, region, or organization over others.
Home bias in consumer preferences explains why domestic products often outsell imported ones.
O viés doméstico nas preferências dos consumidores explica por que os produtos domésticos frequentemente vendem mais do que os importados.
Synonyms
domestic biascountry biaslocal preferencedomestic preference bias
Antonyms
international diversificationglobal investment strategy

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
viés doméstico
Standard term used in financial and investment contexts
Brazil
tendência ao investimento doméstico
Alternative descriptive phrase
Portugal
enviesamento doméstico
Standard Portuguese term, occasionally used in financial literature
General
preferência nacional
More colloquial description of the concept

Related Idioms & Phrases

put all one's eggs in one basket
not seeing the forest for the trees
provincial thinking
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