RetireJapan

Thank you. That is a very good point.

If you invest in emerging market funds though you definitely have at least some exposure to China.

With the latest announcement of sanctions, the Russian stock market / currency can be expected to drop significantly. Any thoughts on whether this might offer an opportunity, seeing that the long-term view on Russia (natural resources etc.) is probably not as negative as short-term sentiment will be...

Thank you again - you were not too contrarian at all and your advice has been incredibly helpful steering me away from less-than-ideal purchses. It was also a good reminder to go through my portfolio of individual stocks and get rid of under-performers. Not sure if I'll be able to completely ignore ...

I don't buy ETFs any more, but my wife has some 1478. One thing to bear in mind is that ETFs aren't that popular in Japan. Some of them have low volume and very large bid-ask spreads. I'd avoid these because it's difficult to fill a buy or sell order at your preferred price and there is also a chan...

Thank you - I greatly appreciate and value your advice, especially seeing that your screen name suggests a contrarian approach to investing to mine. 1. I only own dividend-paying stocks and didn't know any better. Thank you for pointing this out. 2. Mostly to not have to worry about currency risk, b...

I'm looking to invest in ETFs with the specific objective of creating dividend income, both for the short-term and post-retirement (10 years from now). I've been buying dividend-paying stocks via NISA, but have no experience investing in ETFs. Based on a search through Rakuten, it seems my best opti...