Need Advices from all experienced investors!!


I'd like to invest in HK share markets. Can you recommend any brokers?

thanks :->

Hi, Norman,

Just want to understand the impact of internet speed on the trading performance.

1) Are you based in Sg or Msia? you mentioned StarHub as well as Streamyx Combo?

2) You mean even with Starhub's 8mbps DL speed is not sufficient to support zecco.com, sogotrade.com, mbtrading.com???

3) you mean, using 1mb-rm110-combo-package, you can log on to etrade.com, optioxpress.com, ameritrade.com (slow but hardly fail)????

I do notice that, both etrade and optionexpress have an office in Sg, maybe they have a server around here, that make a difference.

thanks for sharing.

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Added on May 21, 2009, 8:14 amThanks. I am sure I will launch a HK thread once I step my foot into the territory!!!
I am also interested in UK market too, Ha ha!!!

Danmooncake,

If I invest a foreign share/ADR denominated in US dollar in NYSE. 12 months down the road, US dollar depreciate a lot but Euro remains, what will happen to the share price hah??? Need your expert opinion,

thanks







This post has been edited by SunshineCa: May 21 2009, 08:14 AM

Just need to clarify:

(2) yours OSK, is OSK Hong Kong, not OSK Msia right? We can open OSK HK without being physically there? r u required to have OSK Msia acct as well?

(3) similarly, yours Public Bank, is Public Bank Hong Kong or Msia? can open account remotely? r u required to have Public Bank Msia as well?


I found Hong Leong 's HK counterpart , Guoco Capital, they MIGHT accept foreign investor..............

Which option is the best in your opinion, 1,2,3 ?

if your options (2) & (3) are in fact Msia based, then why not invest through your (1) only, I presume HSBC is efficient, reliable, though not the cheapest........


Bottom from my heart: BIG THANK to you, normanTE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers,

To NormanTE,

Thanks again for your advices on HK Investments. I'll check them out in details, if any new findings, will be back to share with everyone here...... "Global Investment Is Possible"......

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Added on May 25, 2009, 7:58 pm
I'd like to invest in British Petroleum and some other UK stocks. Two ways to do it, invest directly in LSE or invest in ADS/ADR in the US OTC share market.

Well, I suppose it is easier and cheaper to invest via US broker as their online computer program is good and the brokerage is much lower. What concerns me is the ADS or ADR. any foreign exchange risk or illiquid risk or trouble associated with ADS or ADR? any "SIFU" here have personal experience with ADS and OTC market????

Cheers,

This post has been edited by SunshineCa: May 25 2009, 07:58 PM

normanTe,

Good Point, focus on the theme of Insurance Industry.
Have researched some insurance companies, quite difficult to pick one with reliable basis at this critical moment in time......... at most , we may choose the "best out of the worst"............still working on this....


Danmooncake,

at least you had a winning trade before!!!
Move on!!! Keep searching for another good company!!!!!!!

Which ISP or Broadband provider are you guys using to buy US stocks???

I couldn’t access to most of the US websites last night, so didn’t even mention about trading! My goodness!!! It wasn’t a question of speed, the company’s Homepage never appeared!

Which ISP provides better accessibility to US websites and more reliable? Digi Broadband? P1? Streamyx? Which package?

Currently, I am using Streamyx 512k. Often, I cannot access to US websites even in the morning during office working hour, i.e. 9am-5pm. very disappointing.

thanks.

Adrian,

Could you access Etrade last night?

Which Internet Service are you using? which package?

thks

Danmooncake,

Do we seriously need to implement VPN in order to trade online and interactively with US brokers?? I thought VPN is meant for those Big Downloaders on movie files?????

Your VPN services is chargeable? I know nothing about VPN, though can learn from internet.

thks

VB1

Wow!! connecting First Trade with Celcom BB 384kbps!!! I am surprised. Thanks for ur info.
It's my mistake to underestimate Celcom as I mistaken both Celcom and TM share the same Internet Gateway.

Do you trade after midnight 12.00am???

Streamyx is really sucks!! Day or night, it is so difficult to access China websites and Northern Europe sites.......



This post has been edited by SunshineCa: Jun 26 2009, 12:31 PM

espree, danmooncake, adrian_huen,

You guys are using what package under Streamyx?

my is only 512k, RM66/month, maybe I should upgrade to 1Mbps?

thanks for all ur feedback. Help me to isolate the cause of my problem. :->