Can wait as long as you like, since there is no minimum balance requirement now.

But some features will not be available unless you deposit enough money to start trading.

This post has been edited by TOS: Feb 25 2022, 12:59 PM

Good head start you have there.

I have created a Google Drive account to host all the scanned newspaper PDF copies, I find the PDF Host IO website is too slow. Have fun reading.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JKI9r2vzDW...iew?usp=sharing

Swiss RE results: https://www.swissre.com/investors/financial-information.html

No newspapers on Saturdays and Sundays due to "labour shortage in library" as a result of pandemic

Anyway. not sure if you guys like to read The Economist. Just realize my uni has electronic subscription as well, next time I will just share the permalink directly.

Also some news for prospective or current TSMC shareholders published by 天下杂志 from Taiwan. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E4%...%9B%9C%E8%AA%8C

Enjoy.

The Economist (5th Feb 2022 edition)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/19dHLgCyxMd...iew?usp=sharing

The Economist (12th Feb 2022 edition)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YnSkHvyaq-...iew?usp=sharing

天下杂志 12-01-2022 articles related to TSMC

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N6x4URRBZF...iew?usp=sharing

You guys don't like to read the magazines and newspapers I posted? I can stop uploading them if that is the case.

Now I am doing my undergrad, BSc in Physics, but my interest these days are in Finance, and I am please to find out that there are research works combining both Physics and Finance/Economics, a field called "physical economics"

Pretty interesting stuff and that is my future research topic for my postgrad study (hopefully in Singapore, BTW gonna go SG this summer for a 3-month research exchange program at SUTD).

The free time is due to the nature of the coursework for me this semester, as it's mostly writing reports, I can prepare them earlier. I only have one mid-term and final exam to take, so the workload is a bit lighter for the study part, though pretty heavy on writing assignments. I need some rest and "standing" time, so standing while scanning newspapers and magazines just to kill time and rest in a quiet library.



This post has been edited by TOS: Feb 26 2022, 09:47 PM

Oh what do you read these days for business news? Bloomberg? Reuters?

Not that much efforts actually, just scan the pages into a single PDF files or multiple PDF files and save it to my thumdrive (all done by the scanner automatically), then I just split and reorganize some of them e.g. ETF stuff to the ETF thread, others here at IB etc. before uploading them to Google Drive and share the link.

I hope you find them interesting anyway.

Wow so you have no issues doing TA on a counter that you have no idea what its business is? Very brave of you haha

yo physicist. I am pretty sure a Physics student can solve this.

The calculation depends on the share price though, but since the share price fluctuates, it's nearly impossible to compute. Most people would trade less than 300k shares a month.

So, if given this simplification, then you only have one condition to deal with. 0.35 USD minimum, 0.0035 USD per share thereafter, an upper bound of 1% trade value.

For a single purchase, in graph, it would look something like this:



Maybe you can recall your "Monte-Carlo method" to simulate fluctuating share prices with a given purchase value and an initial stock price, then run through your simulation to find the condition of purchase which incur the minimum fee. (Sounds like an optimization problem.)

FT news: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qxzwA9xuM2...iew?usp=sharing

FT news: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XPVfZc5Q1-...iew?usp=sharing

Yes, you can buy SG, Canadian, Japaneses, European, HK (and China A shares via Stock Connect), Australian, and Indian counters.

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/index...=1590&p=stocks2

It's best you ask here. https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1440794/+3980

This info might help you. (See reply from Gracie.)

https://ringgitfreedom.com/banking/opening-...ns/#comment-478



Yes, if you deposit IBKR in SGD from CIMB SG, then you can directly buy SG shares without the need for further FX conversion.

FT 3rd March 2022: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1t602zCgCX0...iew?usp=sharing

FT 040322: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AYZTUVHIxm...iew?usp=sharing

FT 070322: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12_vUcfnFlx...iew?usp=sharing

FT 080322: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZSR9DTiRjD...iew?usp=sharing

https://www.interactivebrokers.com/en/accou...erest-rates.php

Yes, depending on the amount, but these days the interests on idle cash balance has become a lucrative source of profit for brokers, so forget about earning them.

As for negative interest rates, don't worry unless you hold too much euros or Swiss Franc, if you have less than 50k CHF or 50k EUR, you won't earn anything nor be charged any interest. I can confirm my CHF has not been deducted of any interests. (I have less than 100 CHF left in IB since my last Swiss stock purchase, it has remained so since.)

Why didn't you ask the banker when they call you?

FT 090322: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aBk274wHEP...iew?usp=sharing

Cash dividends will be credited in cash to your account, so you will see your cash balance in that currency (in which your dividends are paid) will increase. So just withdraw the cash (i.e. the dividend).

Stock dividends on the other hand will be credited in to your account holdings, so you get more shares. In order to "withdraw", you just sell your shares to get the "cash", then withdraw the cash like above.