RetireJapan

After the last couple of years of stock market madness, what is your (family's) current net worth? Our assets are mainly in real estate, and our investments haven't been affected much at this point. There are still loans in repayment, but we've paid them down significantly, and if sold now they'd y...

A little late to the conversation, but I just tried to open a Firstrade account and was informed that they do not offer services to US citizens residing in Japan. Late? No, not at all. One teacher from long ago had a sign on her door, "Better late than never." :) Sorry to hear that! I'm B...

Firstrade accepts investors who reside in Japan. ... https://www.firstrade.com/content/en-us/international I'm not in the market, but I had a look at that and if I was, it seems very much worth checking out, doing a point by point comparison with IB. A little late to the conversation, but I just tr...