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Buying and Selling U.S. shares is the same as buying and selling Australian shares. You simply instruct your broker what you want to do, either...
Investing in global markets is now more important than ever before. Read about global equity investments, in the March issue of the Australian Investors Association magazine,...
The Securities Investor Protection Commission (SIPC) is an organisation in the U.S. that guarantees assets (cash and shares) held with a stockbroker, or as they...
This is another area that causes a lot of confusion, mainly because the Australian share market operates differently to the rest of the world. In Australia,...
That depends on who you use as your stockbroker. The large Australian stockbrokers treat the servicing of clients wanting to buy U.S. shares, as an afterthought,...
Currency Risk This is another consideration when buying U.S. shares from Australia. If you own a U.S. asset, the value of that asset will go up...