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Originally Posted by calgarygeologist
Which still brings up the question of what can be done to grow business in Canada and make investment worthwhile. I guess in my previous reply to GranteedEV I didn't mention that I disagree with his notion that the investment issue is at the grassroots level. I don't think Canadians have an issue with investing in the TSX but as you mention there are better opportunities in other markets. So it comes back to what policies are holding back Canadian growth and investment? I don't view adding investment regulations as a good solution to keeping money in Canada.
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It's not just about regulations and Canadians' unwillingness, though. From a sector perspective, about half of the TSX is financials and energy. You can get some IT exposure with the TSX (about 8% of the market), but after a decade or so, when those stocks in the US were absolutely crushing it, people just wanted more. And then you have areas like healthcare, consumer staples, and such that were only small percentages of the market in Canada. It makes that difficult.
To me, the issue isn't policy or regulations; it's that the TSX doesn't offer enough diversity.