tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25714039.post5976736540914343000..comments2023-10-26T00:17:28.411+08:00Comments on A Private Portfolio: Small cap purchasestraineeinvestorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05179861120801348035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25714039.post-28642871229905965312010-10-18T16:12:07.409+08:002010-10-18T16:12:07.409+08:00How can the Vanguard products not be available in ...How can the Vanguard products not be available in HK? You should be able to purchase the ETFs from any brokerage account. Short of that, being an HK resident, you can open a tax-free, non-resident, account in the US. Find any brokerage firm and fill out a W-8 instead of a W-9. You can even do comission-free trades on certain ETFs with some of the brokers (like Charles Schwab).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25714039.post-19272678893018313152010-10-18T10:58:37.361+08:002010-10-18T10:58:37.361+08:00Money and time.
My investments are funded out o...Money and time. <br /><br />My investments are funded out of cash flow - from my job, net rent on the properties and dividends. All of these are quite erratic.<br /><br />Also, my work schedule is very hectic. Sometimes I have a lot of time to do the research and other times I have very little time to think about it which means the cash accumulates for a few months before being deployed.<br /><br />So some months I have quite a bit of cash to invest (all things being relative) and other months very little.traineeinvestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179861120801348035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25714039.post-75088003328259658582010-10-16T10:05:37.643+08:002010-10-16T10:05:37.643+08:00I am curious as to your timing - what made you buy...I am curious as to your timing - what made you buy them now ? After all, many of these have been a lot cheaper in the not too distant past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25714039.post-33806742987239313822010-10-12T18:57:28.934+08:002010-10-12T18:57:28.934+08:00Hi
Thanks for dropping by.
Retirement planning i...Hi<br /><br />Thanks for dropping by.<br /><br />Retirement planning is the purpose of the portfolio. We have no equivalent of Amercia's social security, MPF is a sick joke that does more harm to investors than good and I have no pension. Unless I want to get ripped off with outrageous fees, building my own portfolio of investments is my preferred way of doing things.<br /><br />If the ultra low cost Vanguard products were available, I would probably have a greater allocation to those funds.<br /><br />Cheers<br />traineeinvestortraineeinvestorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05179861120801348035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25714039.post-90626626150093946762010-10-12T10:50:14.219+08:002010-10-12T10:50:14.219+08:00You really put in effort on stock selection.
May ...You really put in effort on stock selection.<br /><br />May you share with us the objective of this portfolio?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08296562141090614081noreply@blogger.com