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Thanks! SBI looks good! I was under the impression that many people prefer Monex, maybe because they have English app support and look a bit more modern overall? Assuming your partner is going to stick to mutual funds for the indexes, and choose individual US stocks, there is not much in it. Yes, we...

regular, I have a margin account with I.B. that I fund with non-USD currencies. When I buy BRK.B, I buy them in USD and I.B. lends me the corresponding amount against my non-USD deposits. So in principle, I could wait until the USD.JPY rate improves before I square my short USD position, as you are ...

Hi, first of all, thanks to RetireJapan for the site! I really appreciate all the information you put out and the active community on the forums. I'm in the midst of setting up a brokerage account for my (Japanese) partner. I have read through several threads so far and Monex, Rakuten and SBI seem t...