Investing options living in Japan
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2019 11:41 pm
Hi all,
I'm new to the site and have read through a lot of the posts and articles here, but I have a few questions I'd like to ask.
I'm a Korean citizen and have been living in Japan for almost 12 years. I have maxed out my iDeco and Nisa contributions every month and so I have been trying to figure out a way to invest my money in the US stock market. I'm looking to invest in different areas such as gold, commodities, long and intermediate term bonds, ETFs, etc.
From what I've read, Interactive Brokers seems to be the only choice for non-US citizens living in Japan. My question is, is this really the only choice out there for people like me? Interactive Brokers requires Japanese residents to wire transfer money internationally into the account which costs about 4000 yen. It seems counterintuitive to start investing here if Im losing close to 50K a year on funding my account.
Is there any way around this funding method? or any other sites that I can use to make investing my money actually worth it?
Thank you in advance, any advice is appreciated.
I'm new to the site and have read through a lot of the posts and articles here, but I have a few questions I'd like to ask.
I'm a Korean citizen and have been living in Japan for almost 12 years. I have maxed out my iDeco and Nisa contributions every month and so I have been trying to figure out a way to invest my money in the US stock market. I'm looking to invest in different areas such as gold, commodities, long and intermediate term bonds, ETFs, etc.
From what I've read, Interactive Brokers seems to be the only choice for non-US citizens living in Japan. My question is, is this really the only choice out there for people like me? Interactive Brokers requires Japanese residents to wire transfer money internationally into the account which costs about 4000 yen. It seems counterintuitive to start investing here if Im losing close to 50K a year on funding my account.
Is there any way around this funding method? or any other sites that I can use to make investing my money actually worth it?
Thank you in advance, any advice is appreciated.