Share Traders

Dumb question. Which of these options give effective access to international shares, if any?
 
Debeer165 said:
Dumb question. Which of these options give effective access to international shares, if any?
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Web trader from standard bank, but most of our Top 40 companies are of SA origin, but operate offshore in my opinion.

Plus with the Deutsche Bank trackers you can track the world economy with US making 60% of Dbxwd, then you can track UK, US, EU and Japan : dbxeu dbxus dbxuk etc.


So you can get ofshore exposure on our JSE.
 
Thor187 said:
Web trader from standard bank, but most of our Top 40 companies are of SA origin, but operate offshore in my opinion.

Plus with the Deutsche Bank trackers you can track the world economy with US making 60% of Dbxwd, then you can track UK, US, EU and Japan : dbxeu dbxus dbxuk etc.


So you can get ofshore exposure on our JSE.
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So nothing from FNB?
I'm really not eager to go through with opening any new bank accounts at current
 
Debeer165 said:
So nothing from FNB?
I'm really not eager to go through with opening any new bank accounts at current
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Have you looked on the FNB site? They have a whole investment section on there.
 
Hamster said:
Have you looked on the FNB site? They have a whole investment section on there.
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I have yes, but I specifically asked about international trading, and I don't see anything on there that caters to that specifically.
 
Debeer165 said:
No wonder I never saw anything. Didn't look under the private clients section, and sadly I have neither 100 grand nor 1 bar available as liquid funds that I'd be willing to put into stock trading... Sadface
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It is a bit expensive
 
Hence why you choose ETFs that gives you offshore exposure.
 
YingYang said:
I'm using Standard Bank OST and WebTrader for international securities.
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Same here, 7 years OST, 1 year with webtrader. They are planning on EUR based webtrader account as well, which I can't wait for because the EUR/USD exchange rate is nailing me...
 
"Hence why you choose ETFs that gives you offshore exposure."

Very limited exposure though...
 
Lukcydog said:
"Hence why you choose ETFs that gives you offshore exposure."

Very limited exposure though...
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Yes Of course I completely agree, It is not nearly as good as an actual offshore account and access to say the NASDAQ etc, but for me personally who just don't have the moola to buy in dollars it is really a sweet little thing to "diversify" my portfolio.
 
Yo! So I was wondering since a lot of the ppl in here is "looking into" shares... have you compared the cost of FNB Share Builder vs. FNB Share Investor... I got a Builder account, because I don't want to yet trade very hard, only looking at buying and holding. And since they list most of the popular shares on Builder, I opted for that.

But after a colleague told me that 2% brokerage fee is high.. I looked into the Investor fees and noticed that they are considerable less! So I'm thinking of "upgrading". But I feel like I'm missing something since the Investor gives you more power and "Now" trades, where the Builder only allow 3PM trades.

I'm also looking at trading at or above the minimum fees. Just not to waste any extra money on fees.

Did anyone else look into these 2 options and noticed the Investor account is cheaper? What am I missing?
 
Waste said:
Yo! So I was wondering since a lot of the ppl in here is "looking into" shares... have you compared the cost of FNB Share Builder vs. FNB Share Investor... I got a Builder account, because I don't want to yet trade very hard, only looking at buying and holding. And since they list most of the popular shares on Builder, I opted for that.

But after a colleague told me that 2% brokerage fee is high.. I looked into the Investor fees and noticed that they are considerable less! So I'm thinking of "upgrading". But I feel like I'm missing something since the Investor gives you more power and "Now" trades, where the Builder only allow 3PM trades.

I'm also looking at trading at or above the minimum fees. Just not to waste any extra money on fees.

Did anyone else look into these 2 options and noticed the Investor account is cheaper? What am I missing?
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One word, easy equities
 
Hi debeer,

You can open an account with Webtrader (Std Bank) without needing a std bank account.
I'm with FNB, and have a webtrader account.

One thing I'm not certain on is best way to move movey offshore/onshore - i created an FNB local USD account to link to webtrader, so if i bring money back it sits as USD instead of instant conversion, and can convert when i chose to.
 
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