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[tree nymph]

MMM,

how to you buy US shares and Jap shares? I wanted to get into Citibank but dunno how last year... then now thinking of toyota...

:? :?

[MMM]

tree nymph:

MMM,

how to you buy US shares and Jap shares? I wanted to get into Citibank but dunno how last year... then now thinking of toyota...

:? :?

For me, I am using poems to trade. I just asked my broker to activate the US trading account. I've not tried japan market. But you can try to speak to your broker about it.

[hquek]

hi mmm,


Nope, no clue how to. Hubby was so excited about going into the US market when it was going crazy (citibank going for dollars).

Agree it's more interesting and volatile, but I feel that generally the market seems to be dominated by pp who are in the know. end up I'm on the losing end. So I just buy those 'safer' stocks and partake in the dividend.

I'm more of the buy and hold person. If a stock is good, why should I buy and sell? I need to get rid of that mentality but sometimes I just prefer to hold. And I'm not aggressive player - I buy what I can afford to pay for (no guts to shortsell).

Am hoping to get into some Ascendas REIT. Was looking at Noble, Olam....but it shot up after I started looking but never got into buying. :stupid: :stupid:

[MMM]

We are in a funny situation now.


Hubby and I bought Citibank at the 3 plus level. Recently the announcement came out that the government is going to get rid of their holdings. So the price went down to $4. To me, that is nothing new.

Hubby sort of panic and sold off at 4.15. His intention is to let it drop and buy back. I told him that I am holding a LT view so I wasn't keen to react. I was tempted at some point when it was hovering at 4.05 level. But over the past few days, it is hovering at 4.30 level. So now he is hoping that it will drop then he can buy back. While I am hoping that it will go up further :lol:

[hquek]

MMM:

We are in a funny situation now.

Ok lah, either way you win. :celebrate:

[MMM]

hquek:

Ok lah, either way you win. :celebrate:

But different pockets :lol: We manage our finances separately. We don't know how much each of us has. He gives me a fixed sum every month for his share of the related expenses (eg. kids fees, car loan) and I just managed.

[minnie2004]

tree nymph:

MMM,

how to you buy US shares and Jap shares? I wanted to get into Citibank but dunno how last year... then now thinking of toyota...

:? :?

I'm using interactivebrokers. Commission is very low and everything done online.

[KSP]

minnie2004:

tree nymph:

MMM,

how to you buy US shares and Jap shares? I wanted to get into Citibank but dunno how last year... then now thinking of toyota...

:? :?

I'm using interactivebrokers. Commission is very low and everything done online.

How much they charge at interactivebrokers?

I use ETrade they charge USD9.90 per trade.

[minnie2004]

Hi KSP,


It depends on how many shares you buy. For regular ordres, it's USD0.005 per share. You can find their fee schedule here: http://www.interactivebrokers.com.hk/en/p.php?f=commission

The last time I bought usd9000 worth of shares and they only charged me usd1!

[minnie2004]

hquek:

hi mmm,


Nope, no clue how to. Hubby was so excited about going into the US market when it was going crazy (citibank going for dollars).

Agree it's more interesting and volatile, but I feel that generally the market seems to be dominated by pp who are in the know. end up I'm on the losing end. So I just buy those 'safer' stocks and partake in the dividend.

I'm more of the buy and hold person. If a stock is good, why should I buy and sell? I need to get rid of that mentality but sometimes I just prefer to hold. And I'm not aggressive player - I buy what I can afford to pay for (no guts to shortsell).

Am hoping to get into some Ascendas REIT. Was looking at Noble, Olam....but it shot up after I started looking but never got into buying. :stupid: :stupid:

I also missed out on the Noble. Have been following it for quite some time but still didn't do anything :stupid:

I'm also a buy and hold person. Too lazy to watch the market so closely. That's why I only buy those \"value\" stocks - high div yield, low PE and PB stuff. Also due to my inaction (or rather laziness), I've missed many opportunities to take profit at the high the stocks went back to square one, especially during the last crisis. It's as if the whole thing was a dream