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This is the Monday post for the week of March 28 through April 3, 2011.
Reminders
1.) Belatedly: March is a de facto a no-transaction fee for buying. Selling fees are the same as real-time fees. With spreadsheet updates and my inability to get to googledocs from home consistently, it's more practical.
2.) It is March--you can buy and sell ETFs and Mutual Funds.
3.) We're in the process of updating spreadsheets. If you have problems, email one of us to check on it.
4.) When you are buying, please list the stock you are buying IN ITS ORIGINAL CURRENCY, not your own home currency.
PUT ONLY NUMBERS IN THOSE BOXES. Use the boxes to declare currency for declaring currency. With only numbers, I can automate the math easier.
Transaction Log
We're still using the original, though I've shortened it to one page.
Transaction Log
Transaction Format
We'll probably just keep posting this in every Monday post for easy reference. Remember to note if you already logged in the transaction log or not. Question has been added to each of these.
Buying - Real Time
Buying - Automatic
Selling
Markets
Also will now be listed on every Monday post:
Eligible Exchanges:
1.) NYSE, any version.
2.) Euronext, any version
3.) ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
4.) LSE - London Stock Exchange
5.) TSE - Tokyo Stock Exchange
6.) Hong Kong Stock Exchange
7.) Shanghai Stock Exchange
8.) Toronto Stock Exchange
9.) Deutsche Börse
10.) NASDAQ
11.) Any stock listed in your local market.
These are the exchanges anyone can buy from. As well as these, you can buy from any that are your local markets.
New Things
You are free to buy from any stock exchange in the world starting March 1st; everyone is now familiar with how this works, so I'm letting you run wild. There's a list in everyone's spreadsheet that I'll be updating as I add more. Some aren't normally accessible to westerners, some aren't accessible period, but many are, and Market Roulette is God's Stockbroker; we can get you anything.
Staring July 1st, if you buy from a market that is not one of the above or your local market, an international fee will be assessed at a rate of an additional USD$5.00 per transaction. That'll be out halfway point and when the community as a whole will be asked, encouraged, and required to input on what they like, don't like, and what they want changed.
New Markets
Full list of stock exchanges of the world, sort of.
List of African Stock Exchanges - some of these for reasons beyond my understanding were removed from the main list.
List of Mideast Stock Exchanges - same thing as above.
List of East Asian Stock Exchanges
List of South Asian Stock Exchanges
List of European Stock Exchanges
List of American Stock Exchanges - this includes Central and South America and the Caribbean nations.
List of Market Opening Times
More on Markets
I'm encouraging everyone to go look at the African markets, especially Nigeria and South Africa, and poke around the Middle East as well as the smaller emerging markets in the South Asia and consider the Caribbean and island nations. Get familiar with their companies and their interests. If you want to buy from them, send me the website so I can create a script for you to use for updating.
This is especially important with South Africa trying to build a Pan-African exchange, which could and will be a strong rival for the western markets. Australia's negotiation with Singapore is still in negotiations, but there are some interesting economic things happening in the Middle East now, especially with the revolution in Egypt and the continuing protests going on in Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Pakistan, and with Tunisia's new government.
These things aren't just political; Tunisia's revolution was based on the state of the economy and the lack of jobs as much as anything else. The economic will almost always give the best forecast of the political, so familiarity with the markets, the prices, what's doing well, will tell you not only the health of the country's economy, but the feel of the people.
It can't tell anyone everything; RL is far more complex. But it can and does give a glimpse of what's going on and where and how. When you buy and sell, note countries with dictatorships, US-backed or no, countries with constitutional or popular monarchies, and casually check poverty levels and colonial history if you have a chance; there is high correlation. Democracy is a catch phrase that covers a lot of sins; what you look for are governments that are sensitive and responsive to the will of the people.
Important Dates
July 1 - international fees will be assessed when buying outside the top ten or your local markets. More on this later.
Reminders
1.) Belatedly: March is a de facto a no-transaction fee for buying. Selling fees are the same as real-time fees. With spreadsheet updates and my inability to get to googledocs from home consistently, it's more practical.
2.) It is March--you can buy and sell ETFs and Mutual Funds.
3.) We're in the process of updating spreadsheets. If you have problems, email one of us to check on it.
4.) When you are buying, please list the stock you are buying IN ITS ORIGINAL CURRENCY, not your own home currency.
PUT ONLY NUMBERS IN THOSE BOXES. Use the boxes to declare currency for declaring currency. With only numbers, I can automate the math easier.
Transaction Log
We're still using the original, though I've shortened it to one page.
Transaction Log
Transaction Format
We'll probably just keep posting this in every Monday post for easy reference. Remember to note if you already logged in the transaction log or not. Question has been added to each of these.
Buying - Real Time
Format of Declaration to Buy:
Subject Line: "Buy: {Ticker}"
Name: Your Name
Company: Company Name
Ticker: Ticker
Time: In Your Time Zone or in GMT (say which one you're using)
Price: In the Currency the share is listed in
Price (Converted): In Your Currency If You Want to Add That (Optional)
Shares: 5
Country: Your Country
Recorded in Log?: Yes or No
Buying - Automatic
Format of Declaration to Buy, Automatic:
Subject Line: "Automatic Buy: {Ticker}"
Name: Your Name
Company: Company Name
Ticker: Ticker
Time: In Your Time Zone or in GMT (say which one you're using)
Amount: Amount you wish to invest in this stock in your currency
Country: Your Country
Recorded in Log?: Yes or No
Selling
Format of Declaration to Sell:
Subject Line: "Sell: {Ticker}"
Name: Your Name
Company: Company Name
Ticker: Ticker
Time: In Your Time Zone or in GMT (say which one you're using)
Price: In the Currency the share is listed in
Price (Converted): In Your Currency If You Want to Add That (Optional)
Shares: How many shares.
Country: Your Country
Recorded in Log?: Yes or No
Markets
Also will now be listed on every Monday post:
Eligible Exchanges:
1.) NYSE, any version.
2.) Euronext, any version
3.) ASX - Australian Stock Exchange
4.) LSE - London Stock Exchange
5.) TSE - Tokyo Stock Exchange
6.) Hong Kong Stock Exchange
7.) Shanghai Stock Exchange
8.) Toronto Stock Exchange
9.) Deutsche Börse
10.) NASDAQ
11.) Any stock listed in your local market.
These are the exchanges anyone can buy from. As well as these, you can buy from any that are your local markets.
New Things
You are free to buy from any stock exchange in the world starting March 1st; everyone is now familiar with how this works, so I'm letting you run wild. There's a list in everyone's spreadsheet that I'll be updating as I add more. Some aren't normally accessible to westerners, some aren't accessible period, but many are, and Market Roulette is God's Stockbroker; we can get you anything.
Staring July 1st, if you buy from a market that is not one of the above or your local market, an international fee will be assessed at a rate of an additional USD$5.00 per transaction. That'll be out halfway point and when the community as a whole will be asked, encouraged, and required to input on what they like, don't like, and what they want changed.
New Markets
Full list of stock exchanges of the world, sort of.
List of African Stock Exchanges - some of these for reasons beyond my understanding were removed from the main list.
List of Mideast Stock Exchanges - same thing as above.
List of East Asian Stock Exchanges
List of South Asian Stock Exchanges
List of European Stock Exchanges
List of American Stock Exchanges - this includes Central and South America and the Caribbean nations.
List of Market Opening Times
More on Markets
I'm encouraging everyone to go look at the African markets, especially Nigeria and South Africa, and poke around the Middle East as well as the smaller emerging markets in the South Asia and consider the Caribbean and island nations. Get familiar with their companies and their interests. If you want to buy from them, send me the website so I can create a script for you to use for updating.
This is especially important with South Africa trying to build a Pan-African exchange, which could and will be a strong rival for the western markets. Australia's negotiation with Singapore is still in negotiations, but there are some interesting economic things happening in the Middle East now, especially with the revolution in Egypt and the continuing protests going on in Yemen, Syria, Libya, and Pakistan, and with Tunisia's new government.
These things aren't just political; Tunisia's revolution was based on the state of the economy and the lack of jobs as much as anything else. The economic will almost always give the best forecast of the political, so familiarity with the markets, the prices, what's doing well, will tell you not only the health of the country's economy, but the feel of the people.
It can't tell anyone everything; RL is far more complex. But it can and does give a glimpse of what's going on and where and how. When you buy and sell, note countries with dictatorships, US-backed or no, countries with constitutional or popular monarchies, and casually check poverty levels and colonial history if you have a chance; there is high correlation. Democracy is a catch phrase that covers a lot of sins; what you look for are governments that are sensitive and responsive to the will of the people.
Important Dates
July 1 - international fees will be assessed when buying outside the top ten or your local markets. More on this later.