I am not American, but I was discussing different investment strategies with a friend.
Americans will almost universally be investing with a US brokerage account or through IBKR or Saxo.
Has anyone considered buying a fund like MSCI Kokusai, (NYSE: TOK) and then buying single Japanese blue-chips in a NISA for their Japan allocation?
A simple equity portfolio might look like, 50% VTI, 35% TOK, 5% VWO 10% Japanese large-caps in a NISA.
Just a thought.
A Question to American Investor - Best Strategies
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Re: A Question to American Investor - Best Strategies
It'll probably be a challenge to find other developed-world-ex-japan ETFs. The one you point out, TOK, seems much too thinly traded for my taste.
Piecemeal might be the alternative, so maybe a europe fund (lots of choices), and complement that with a pacific ex-japan fund (more common than world ex-j)?
Piecemeal might be the alternative, so maybe a europe fund (lots of choices), and complement that with a pacific ex-japan fund (more common than world ex-j)?