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Cheap/Discount EU-broker mainly for Irish ETFs and Forex currency trading?
Looking for cheap EU-broker mainly for Irish ETFs and Forex currency trading. Must have low fees/spreads/monthly costs, be solid and be well regulated and well protected. IBKR and offshots are out, trading212 looks good but ain't they use basic tradingview platform for trades? Does DEGIRO allow Forex? And what else beside those I've mentioned?
Best exchange for Crypto, Stocks, Forex, Indices, ETF's, Options, Futures etc
Hi guys, Im having a difficult time deciding on an exchange (I live in the US) that allows these markets while having the lowest fees. I don't want to just jump in to the only one I can find (EToro) which seemingly does have what I need, but I thought I would poke my head in here first to see if anyone has any knowledge on the matter.
So I’m buying EITHER the ASX-listed ETF (IVV) or the US-listed ETF (VOO) for the same index (S&P500). How does forex affect the growth of the ASX-listed fund?
If the Aussie dollar weakens, ceteris paribus, does IVV.AX increase or decrease in value?
A short report of trading activities on news factors for the first week of November 2019 for some major accounts (FOREX investment program). 🌐 https://tbm-trust.com #TBMTRUST #result #investor #mlm #business #bitcoin #forex #hagefunds #mining #forks #IPO #betting #bet #ETF
A short report of trading activities for the first half of September for some major accounts of the FOREX investment program (https://tbm-trust.com) #investmentPortfolio #analytics #mlm #business #cryptocurrency #crypto #bitcoin #coins #forex #hagefund #mining #forks #IPO #betting #bet #ETF
How much of my portfolio should I move to Wealthsimple?
Hello PFC, I primarily bank and trade with BMO, although I also have an account with HSBC. I was quite a passive investor, but now I want to trade more actively, and Wealthsimple with their zero commission trades and no maintenance fees seem like a no brainer. I would like some advice on which parts of my portfolio I should transfer to Wealthsimple, so that I can save the most on fees and avoid Wealthsimple's Forex fees. I have a premium plan with BMO and have: -USD accounts (used for transferring USD to Investorline for USD trades) -RRSP (Holding BMO ETFs and Mutual Funds, around 10K total) -TFSA (Holding BMO ETFS, Mutual Funds and Savings, around 15K total ) -Investorline TFSA ( Canadian stocks, around 20K) -Investorline non-registered (US Stocks, around 10K) Thank for your help! (edited to add dollar estimates )
Hi all I wanted to invest in MindMed and Numi via Interactive Brokers/DIGERO but from what I can see, there is a minimum amount for buying on each platform? IB says they want 2000 USD minimum and DIGERO's conversion seems off (almost double the share price) so I'm a bit stuck Also, are these the only places I can buy at the moment? My plan is to buy about £500's worth of shares for each company (market order but unsure if i should do a different order since my plan is to buy and hold long term) I've traded forex before and have investments in ETF"s but I've not really invested in stocks that much before so any help would be much appreciated. Some backstory: my first psilocybin trip literally saved my life 2 and a half years ago. I've used it ever since and its helped me heal from decades of trauma. I also found out in my 20's I have ADHD so also have hopes for LSD mdsing. I truly believe in the power of psychedelics. Again, they actually saved my life. I want to be a part of this change in the world. We need it. Thanks!
Why isn’t there a marketplace where you can trade all financial instruments currently available?
Like almost at all, you can trade shares and bonds. Some have ETF, Forex, and dividends oriented stocks. But they don't have a crypto and housing market, which is a pity. Like I am searching for a platform where I can make all my investments at once. Instead of using Binance, Robinhood, and other platforms. Do you guys also have this need, or am I a dreamer?
Has anyone here opened an SIPP account at Interactive Brokers?
Hey all, I have a pension with Aviva through my employer but recently realized that the 0.5% fees they're charging are a bit high. For the size of my pension portfolio (~£300k) this comes to about £1500 per year. Moreover, I've recently started to take a bit of interest in managing my investments and I find myself limited by the funds they provide. They also take too long (~upto a week) to process requests for moving investments. For these reasons, I've been looking at opening an SIPP. An SIPP would hopefully give me a bit more control and also cost less. I'm primarily interested invest in US Shares & ETFs. I compared some of the popular pension providers like HL, Interactive Investor, iWeb. My observations about the fee structure:
The annual maintenance fees doesn't seem to vary a lot, with most of them being somewhere ~£200/yr.
Share dealing fees also appear to be a bit all over the place, ranging from £3 - £10. It could end up being a lot depending on the number of trades.
For me the largest component seems to be the forex charge. Most of them appear to be charging 1% - 1.5% for foreign exchange and it also didn't look like they allow you to hold funds in USD in the SIPP. So, if I assume that I'll be moving around investments worth £50k each year, the forex charges could get to about £50k x 1.5% x 2 = £1500.
So now, I'm looking for an SIPP which ideally has the following:
Allows me to trade in US shares & ETFs
Has low (<0.5%) foreign exchange fees
Has maintenance fees in a similar range, < £300
Allows holding balance in foreign currency, mainly USD
During my search, I stumbled upon a lesser known route using which you can get an SIPP account at Interactive Brokers - https://www.interactivebrokers.co.uk/en/index.php?f=38149. IB themselves are not SIPP administrators so you need to register with an SIPP administrator who has a master account at IB and then you can get an IB Cash sub-account under that administrator. IB appears to be checking all my boxes, but I'm just not very sure about the SIPP Administrators that I might need to use. I found a few: https://www.atsipp.co.uk/, http://www.candpsipp.co.uk/, https://www.optionspensions.co.uk/personal-pensions. They all appear to be somewhat less popular names and small in size. Has anyone here done this? Do you have any recommendations on which SIPP Administrator I should use? Any gotchas? Or maybe there's another SIPP that provides the features I'm looking for?
Hi, I am buy and hold investor and I own 100+ stocks. I started short term trading few years ago, mainly for educational purposes, either swing trades with stocks in my portfolio or speculations with stocks and ETFs. Just basic technical and fundamental analysis, StockTwits, most of the time guessing and pure luck :-) I won't bet my living on this income. I know a guy who has been trading options for several years and his average annual return is ~18%. He works 2 hours every workday on trading. He claims that using his strategy risk is very low and the 18% is a good result for his low-risk low-volatility strategy. On the other hand I know a guy who has been trading on Forex using lot of algorithmic trading SW for his trades and last year he gave up on this and he said that this is barely profitable comparing to like 2010 when he started to doing it. So I am curious what is the real expectation (from long term view) of annual return if I decide to start trading for living every day for two hours. (Considering I will educate my self and get better, I am not expecting this from the day one, even from the year one probably) I started to consider this (Options trading) after I talked with the guy because using my current cash capital gaining 18% annual return working two hours a day? Much better hourly rate then my current job, much more free time and still decent living.
PSA to Europoors and United Kingbrokes, monitor your forex...
Mainly to United Kingbrokes, Just 24 hours ago, one British (£1) pound would get you $1.2939 United States Donalds, whereas as of this minute it would get you $1.3165. On a $50K portfolio, if you were to exchange the funds back to your broke country's currency, you'd lose more than a grand in 24 hours. That hurts. Devil's in the detail, and in foreign exchange. https://preview.redd.it/ly7adhstchu51.png?width=888&format=png&auto=webp&s=5e901ee38714e018e8cad8780603b5a43cbc5a34 One more fun fact for you losers. Let's say you exchanged and withdrew $50,000 during the March bottom because you thought you were oh so fucking smart, calling the bottom. If you put this in an autistic ETF and got, let's say 15-20% returns till date, your net return to your home currency if you were to exchange today would now be zero you fuck. Point being, watch that forex.
I assume those of you on this sub are investing, not gambling. I also assume that y'all care about risk. If so, please read on. I feel like several times a day I see a "portfolio" advice post for "portfolios" that is 100% tech. IMO, these portfolios will perform poorly and have extreme amounts of risk. In a loose sense, portfolios seek to balance many different equities to achieve an optimal risk/reward. This is done through diversification. If you're 100% tech (especially if it's only US tech) you have little to no diversification. If you want extreme risk, you're better off trading individual stock, options or even FOREX. Why: There is a reasonable chance of a tech correction
Tech has all the hallmarks of another bubble tech
Many people are buying now only because yesterday's price was lower
Fundamentals are making less and less sense
It's happened before
The tech boom makes sense (I've pointed this out many times on this sub)
Cisco system was the highest valued company in 2000, today's it barely in the top 30. For example, if you bought 100 shares of Cisco in July 2000 it would have cost you ~$7000, by July 2001 100 shares was worth ~$2000. Even scarier, if you held for 20 years, 100 shares are worth ~$4000 today. You're still in the hole, big time!
This is a great example, as many over-valued tech companies, Tesla, Apple, etc... Will not go bankrupt, but they might be smaller.
Will all this actually happen?: Maybe, maybe not. I just wanted to show y'all that it's not unreasonable. Hence you must diversify to minimize downside risk. What to do :
Take a profit on some of the tech and diversify!
You can do this simply with some VTI and VXUS.
You can do this more complexly with non-tech cyclicals, fin sector, some REITs, internal funds.
Don't stop tech buying. If you believe in tech, keep buying! Just do so in a sensible way. Don't put all your money on black and cross your fingers. That's gambling and you're smart; you're buying ETFs cause you don't wanna gamble!
Even the pros love tech, but they're not 100% tech: https://wallethub.com/edu/hedge-fund-stocks/38113/ I'm long tech, buy it frequently and it makes up ~15-20% of my portfolio. Edit: Nice example, I looked at what happened right before the last tech crash:
A 50-50 portfolio of Tech and SPY dominates Tech or Spy on it's own
This backtest assumes that tech will bust soon and decrease dramatically; probably not realistic.
Play with the dates as you wish. However, even if you bought tech at the exact right time, i.e. Mid-1999, you'll see returns of the 50-50 mix is still good (though less than tech only), but with significant less variance. Also, don't forget tech ETFs can have hefty expense ratios which eat at CAGR.
What is the best way to invest in index funds and ETFs while living in Germany?
Background: My wife and I live in Germany. She is a EU citizen and I'm American. The account would be in her name to make things easier tax wise. We're interested in investing in index funds and ETFs. We're trying to decide on a platform to go with but are having trouble figuring out the best option for us. Ideally we'd like a platform that offers a wide selection of ETFs and index funds, but it does not need to offer FOREX, cryptocurrency, etc. Which potential option would you recommend for our situation? It'd be nice to hear anyone's feedback who has used any of these platforms.
Fonds Spärlane or Savings plan - The DKB Sparpläne https://www.dkb.de/privatkunden/wertpapiersparen/fonds/. This seems like a good option. They have a decent selection of products and offer the ability to automatically purchase into a fund/ETF each month. Since they are a German Bank they have to offer tax forms as well, which makes life easier.
International Broker - Interactive Brokers or Fidelity International. We don't have 100k to invest so I don't think IB is the right option due to the 10 euro per month fee. Fidelity Int'l has a wide selection but I need to do more research to see what tax info they provide.
German Broker - I haven't come across one that I'm crazy about yet so any recommendations would be helpful.
What is the best way to invest in ETFs while living in Germany?
Background: I posted this question on /eupersonalfinancehttps://www.reddit.com/eupersonalfinance/comments/iy7ay6/what_is_the_best_way_to_invest_in_index_funds_and/ and they said I should post here as well. I've made some changes to the question after more research. My wife and I live in Germany. She is a EU citizen and I'm American. The account would be in her name to make things easier tax wise. We're interested in investing in ETFs. We're trying to decide on a platform to go with but are having trouble figuring out the best option for us. Ideally we'd like a platform that offers a wide selection of ETFs and it does not need to offer FOREX, cryptocurrency, etc. Which potential option would you recommend for our situation? It'd be nice to hear anyone's feedback who has used any of these platforms.
International Broker - Interactive Brokers or Fidelity International. We don't have 100k to invest so I don't think IB is the right option due to the 10 euro per month fee. Fidelity Int'l has a wide selection but I need to do more research to see what tax info they provide.
German Brokers - Scalable Capital and Smartbroker look intriguing. I'm leaning towards the latter since they have been around longer.
We tried setting up an account with DKB since we read and heard good things about them and their Sparpläne is a solid price. Our account was rejected so we contacted customer service for their help. To put it nicely their customer service is terrible and we've decided to continue our search for a different company.
BE CAREFUL WHICH BROKER YOU CHOOSE! SERIOUSLY, what is YOUR opinion for LONG-TERM INVESTING using EToro VS Trading 212: Invest ? Or even Trading 212 ISA...
Now, I’ve been practicing with Trading 212 (both investing and trading) for years but didn’t start investing money because I was underage. DISCLAIMER: When I was younger, I thought day trading was “the way to go” to make a lot of money (for some people it is... for me it really isn’t). I luckily figured this out before I bought some “day trading guru’s course for ONLY $299”... fucking bargain btw👌🤯 ...not I started actually investing in March, and for whatever reason (can’t remember) I decided to go with EToro... BE WISE ON WHO YOU CHOOSE !
Let’s start with the NUMBER OF STOCKS.
Trading 212: Invest - 3012 stocks available Etoro - 2037 stocks available And the stocks that Etoro doesn’t have aren’t just foreign stocks like ones listed on the foreign stock markets like FSE or LSE. They also have US companies “missing”. This becomes very apparent when you find some “great” companies to invest in for the long term and they aren’t even listed. THIS IS ANOTHER THING - they also dictate who you can invest in. For example, I wanted to invest in Spire Healthcare back in March/April, and even though they have it listed, it won’t allow you buy any shares... STILL TO THIS DAY??? ( if anyone knows why, let me know down below please )
ETFs
Trading 212: Invest - 446 EToro - 151 - although they do have ones like SPY, VOO and VTI
Fees
Trading 212: Invest - Min deposit - EUR 1, USD 1 Deposit fee - none min withdrawal fee - EUR 1, USD 1 Withdrawal fee - no fees Commission - commission free, unless you buy UK stocks, then you pay 0.5% stamp duty reserve tax because... the British Government can do what they want 🤷♂️ EToro - Min deposit - USD 200 - first deposit, afterwards USD 50 ( I never even realised this lol ) Deposit fee: none Min withdrawal amount: USD 30 Withdrawal fee: USD 5
Fractional shares
•Trading 212: invest - as little as €1. MOST BUT NOT ALL shares can be bought fractionally as some have a min trade quantity of 1 share. •Etoro - min amount to open ANY POSITION is $50, defeats the purpose of fraction shares ???? 🤔 🚨——> Now there are a COUPLE ISSUES with this... But the main issue is a more PERSONAL ONE. I’m sick of having to think and buy my family things that don’t want or need for birthdays or Christmas... So I buy them a share, of a good company that I think is a good investment. Sometimes I DO NOT want to spend a minimum of $50 😂 Call me cheap lol but I’ve got pilot school to pay for... and it’s EXPENSIVE.
MISCELLANEOUS
Social Trading -
Now Etoro does have CopyTrading. Personally I’ve never used it because I prefer to have an influence over who I invest in, whether it’s the right choice or not. But for some people, they prefer a more “hands-off” approach, so it is good for them. ANOTHER POSITIVE FOR ETORO - on their app for each company you can chat with other users, and people can post their latest thoughts and research on the company. Trading 212 doesn’t exactly have this but they do have a similar feature which is a forum separate to the app.
Layout -
I personally prefer the layout of Trading 212, especially when looking into the graphs, or even trying to find out what your ROI is. It’s a much more user-friendly interface, in my opinion. Etoro doesn’t offer the ability to transfer open positions to another broker... which is shit. Trading 212 will be implementing the ability to transfer from/to other broker by the end of 2020 (supposedly). Also, Etoro’s customer service is actually really helpful, with their live chat feature. And doesn’t take too long to connect. ————————— Just to top it off - Trading 212: invest - you can get a free share worth up to £100 So IN MY OPINION I would 100% go with Trading 212 for INVESTING, and that’s why I’m switching I only invest, I DO NOT day trade, use CFDs, swing trade, trade commodities, trade forex or (currently) invest in cryptos This is why, imo, I believe Trading 212 is better than Etoro Let me know what your opinions are! Also let me know if I’ve missed anything
If you don't know what I am talking about, just type it up. Take 15 seconds of your time, go in google images, and see the difference when you type "Forex lifestyle" and "stock market lifestyle". Theoretically, Forex trading isn't much different than stock trading. Both are financial markets using charts with candlestick that create the same patterns. Both rely on reports, news and the economy. Also, just like the stock market, banks and big insitutions trade forex too. In fact, forex is the largest financial market in the world with a daily volume around $6.6 trillion compared to only $200 billions for all the stock markets. Forex is responsible for the exchange of goods between countries. It is literally the foundation of a worldwide economy. So why is it that when someone asks you what you do for a living or that when you tell someone you're trading forex, you always get that weird suspicious look as if you're a fraud yourself. Why is it that people don't take seriously what you do and what you love doing, because they have this weird idea of a pyramid scheme created in their head. People are so lost. I mean, how could it even be a scam lmao. No matter what you trade: stocks, options, etf, bonds, forex, name them all... trading is trading. As long as I am making money and know what I am doing, and couldn't care less about other people's opinion nowdays lol. But lately I've been asking myself this question and I simply wanted to know other people's opinions. So back to my question: why does Forex gets such a bad rep?
Looking to use Trading212 investment account as an alternative to an instant-access savings account. I'm only looking to beat saving account interest, so 2pc p.a. would be fine. It doesn't look like there will be any fees (if I stick with UK ETFs, so no stamp duty or Forex fees), and withdrawing money seems quick enough (a day or two). Is it a good idea to just deposit a lump sum, buy some ETFs, and forget about it, treating it like a bank savings account? Obviously I still need to research which funds to buy initially to be safe as can be (while still achieving 2pc p.a.) Am I missing something? Are there hidden charges I'm not accounting for?
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