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by adamu
Tue Apr 30, 2024 10:41 am
Forum: General
Topic: Yen falling like a stone
Replies: 25
Views: 718

Re: Yen falling like a stone

Yutaka2024 wrote: Tue Apr 30, 2024 6:36 am learn to trade
The real key is to set yourself up so that when you are not doing anything, be that trading, or any other kind of work, you are still able to live comfortably and support your lifestyle.
by adamu
Sat Apr 27, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Taxes
Topic: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income
Replies: 11
Views: 314

Re: Social insurance potentially being added to financial income

Two things are certain in life...
by adamu
Sat Apr 27, 2024 2:49 am
Forum: New NISA (2024~)
Topic: Rakuten VTI Fund or Vanguard Total Market ETF in Monex NISA account?
Replies: 12
Views: 425

Re: Rakuten VTI Fund or Vanguard Total Market ETF in Monex NISA account?

I think the point ChapInToyko is making, and that's explained in the article, is that if you buy a dividend-paying ETF in a taxable account, you can claim the foreign tax deduction, but if you buy a reinvesting fund, you can't. For taxable, it seems there are now three categories: 1) Foreign ETFs th...
by adamu
Fri Apr 26, 2024 1:54 am
Forum: New NISA (2024~)
Topic: Rakuten VTI Fund or Vanguard Total Market ETF in Monex NISA account?
Replies: 12
Views: 425

Re: Rakuten VTI Fund or Vanguard Total Market ETF in Monex NISA account?

Yes I thought about the need to keep a bit of headroom to allow for reinvestments. For VTI I think that dividends are paid out quarterly and on an investment of 1.2 or 2.4 million yen will be less than the price of one ETF share so I’d probably need to keep a space of around 200,000 yen or so below...
by adamu
Thu Apr 25, 2024 5:06 am
Forum: New NISA (2024~)
Topic: Rakuten VTI Fund or Vanguard Total Market ETF in Monex NISA account?
Replies: 12
Views: 425

Re: Rakuten VTI Fund or Vanguard Total Market ETF in Monex NISA account?

I think the ETF is not a good choice for the NISA for two reasons:

1. You will pay 10% US tax on the dividends (although I'm not sure how the Rakuten fund handles this, either)
2. Dividends cannot be reinvested without using additional NISA allowance.

You could also consider eMAXIS Slim 全米株式
by adamu
Tue Apr 23, 2024 9:19 am
Forum: RetireJapan for Dummies
Topic: Wife´s portfolio - and what to do with it
Replies: 2
Views: 225

Re: Wife´s portfolio - and what to do with it

I think it's a good move. If the company has problems, she loses her job and her savings. If you convert the stock to an index fund, you get the benefits of diversification, and decoupling the fortunes of her investments from that of her employer. Just bear in mind ~20% capital gains tax will be ded...
by adamu
Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:23 am
Forum: New NISA (2024~)
Topic: Market Fluctuations
Replies: 6
Views: 206

Re: Market Fluctuations

Topical post from Ermine recently: https://simplelivingsomerset.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/vanguards-cautionary-tale-hidden-in-plain-sight/ And in case that got you down, there's always the classic: https://jlcollinsnh.com/2012/04/15/stocks-part-1-theres-a-major-market-crash-coming-and-dr-lo-cant-save...
by adamu
Sun Apr 21, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: Taxes
Topic: Children's Accounts - Deposits and Gift Tax
Replies: 54
Views: 1086

Re: Children's Accounts - Deposits and Gift Tax

Apparently the odds of being struck by lightning in a lifetime are in the 1:10,000s :shock:

Happy to contribute to the discussion 🌩️
by adamu
Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:39 am
Forum: Legacy NISA (~2023)
Topic: How does NISA count dividends?
Replies: 8
Views: 961

Re: How does NISA count dividends?

Is this still true with the new 2024 Growth NISA? I decided to invest in the SBI Japan Dividend fund on the growth portion of my NISA and selected my dividends to be reinvested. Will these dividends use up my Growth NISA allowance even if reinvested since it is not under Tsumitate NISA? You're goin...