RetireJapan

If you prefer Mac I’ve been happy for several years with the unfortunately-named Banktivity (used to be iBank), available from the IGG Software site and the Apple Store for $64.99 & updates are usually free or just a few bucks for a registered user. It won’t automatically download data from Japa...

Much appreciated again, adamu. I had missed that despite scrolling through and clicking on several things in that Q&A section. Great call and great catch. I still can’t make full sense of the order details as they went through but I’m pretty sure you’ve nailed it, or most of it, anyway, with the...

Thanks, adamu. That makes a lot more sense than anything else I've come across or thought of. Would account roughly both for the evaporating money at the beginning and the mysterious cash infusion this morning. I still find the whole business disquieting and am not pleased that there's simply no way...

I made the probable mistake of buying Vanguard US ETFs in my Rakuten NISA. I know where I went wrong, sort of, but I still don’t understand the fees and wonder if anyone else does. I’m a longtime online investor, but new to online investing in Japan. With the Rakuten account newly opened I spent hou...