RetireJapan

Great thread. I'm just about to sell my mutual funds in Canada. I assume that since it's just a matter of paying the Japanese authorities the capital gains tax, it doesn't matter how much I sell? I can just do it all as a lump sum, right?

I've opened junior nisa for both my kids recently. The only hassle was the writing of my name - in English, katakana or hiragana and whether middle names were included.

SBI has free furikomi from a post office account. That's what I use. I can do it all online so while I have a decent amount in there to cover the automatic ideco contributions, I can easily add a bunch for special purchases. For example, in this current correction, it went down a bunch on the first ...

海外株式：楽天バンガード　（0.1696%) <=== that's a US market only, eh. Funds that track msci kokusai for example, cover all the developed countries which would diversify your holdings. Just throwing that out there. The books say to put your age into bonds...but look at what you get from bonds these days. If you w...

First step imo is start reading millionaire teacher. That one is quite good. The second book wasn't useful imo. Start the ideco process with SBI or Rakuten. It takes months to set up so sooner is better. Start the NISA process with SBI or Rakuten. After you finish reading millionaire teacher, identi...

I see more than two!! 楽天－楽天・全米株式インデックス・ファンド VTI 楽天－楽天・全世界株式インデックス・ファンド （愛称：楽天・バンガード・ファンド（全世界株式）） VT 楽天－楽天・米国高配当株式インデックス・ファンド （愛称：楽天・バンガード・Ｆ（米国高配当株式）） VHDYX 楽天－楽天・新興国株式インデックス・ファンド （愛称：楽天・バンガード・ファンド（新興国株式）） VWO Sorry, I couldn't link them as the address just led back to the search bar. I just went to ...

Just realized that the two Rakuten Vanguard funds are on SBI. I got all excited but then read the info and compared it to other mutual funds and hmmm. Looks like we have the following options: Rakuten Vanguard VT (includes Japan and emerging markets) expense 0.2396% Mitsui Sumitomo DC tsumitate nisa...

I just set it up, I haven't poked around in there yet so you're no doubt correct.

ok, just spoke to my brother about it and he explained that having more shares is a mental accounting trick and all the $ value that you have

@Sutebayashi Those emaxis funds look good - .07% cheaper than the mitsui I listed above. However, they don't seem to issue dividends, hence your shares will only increase if you purchase more yourself. I want something that will increase the shares automatically with reinvested dividends. Or maybe t...