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I am certainly not changing my approach radically. I simply will: 1. Get a signed contract between my mother-in-law and children. My mother-in-law takes this stuff pretty seriously, lol. 2. Inform my child upon taking over the account of the outside chance of complications, and arm them with a copy...

I am certainly not changing my approach radically. I simply will: 1. Get a signed contract between my mother-in-law and children. My mother-in-law takes this stuff pretty seriously, lol. 2. Inform my child upon taking over the account of the outside chance of complications, and arm them with a copy...

I wonder whether there’s a downside to buying say 10 million yen’s worth of a well diversified mutual fund such as SBI’s wrap of Vanguard Total World Stock ETF at Sony Bank instead of my regular broker (Monex)? Unfortunatey Sony Bank doesn’t sell eMAXIS Slim All Country so SBI’s VT wrap seems to be...

It's interesting though that even though they're making a song and dance about their 0 commission dollar yen conversions, the small print does say that there is actually a BID-ASK spread Yes, but when the spread is so narrow, it becomes almost meaningless to think about - more than the spread, the ...

100% agree.

Global central banks are all targeting inflation of 2% or thereabouts each year. That’s an ongoing devaluation of those monies, whichever one you pick.

It really depends on your circumstances - the article author is saying that it’s better for most people to not invest in risky assets, but not all. I don’t really agree with him when looking at it from a long term view. If your investment horizon is more than 10 years, then the historical record is ...

cocacola wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 12:45 am This is why I transferred the cash to my own, personal Monex account, as it's so simple to make purchases of a plethora of different products there.

My kids have accounts with Monex, it’s possible.

I have some BNDX and not happy about the JGBs in there but it’s small enough in the bigger scheme of my portfolio that I overlook it. I also looked at myindex.jp and yes believe the data presented suggests one ought to have some gold. I think the top portfolios there (from my perspective) had like 2...

Or just invest in low cost diversified index funds and ignore the noise. Much less stress, quite likely better results. As a speculator on the side myself, I 100% agree. Speculation is not something for everyone, and many do lose rather than win. Even smart financial analysts I have seen swore off ...

Deep Blue wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:06 am

sutebayashi wrote: ↑Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:44 am Heh, I see 160.40 was pierced while I was typing that

Back to 155. Some forex traders just had a very bad day

What do you mean it is back to 157 now

Where do we start tomorrow… might be back at 158 where it ended on Friday?