I am looking into buying stocks now that we have a little extra money. I previously have stock investment experience, but only with mutual funds.
My wife and (besides are NISA account) are looking into buying US stocks. We don’t have a current broker, our NISA is at MUFG.
I see recommendations for Rakuten, Monex and SBI.
We don’t particularly need an online option as we won’t be actively buying and selling online \[ concerns about security issues, language issues – financial for my wife, linguistic for me)\]. Which broker would you recommend for this? I did notice SBI advertising 2 yr US bonds paying 4.8-6.8% (minimum 1000 USD buy in).
Would other brokers have access to the same bonds or something similar?
We are looking at a relatively small investment to start, say 200,000 Yen. Any suggestions?
Been trying to ascertain
\-minimum deposit needed to open a trading account
\-opening/monthly charges
\-trade fees
\-exchange fees (Yen to USD and USD to Yen)
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
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by senseiinnihon