Weekly Highlights 5 Jan: Vanguard drop stock commission to 0

#1 Stock trading on the Vanguard platform is free

That is if you live in the US. I don’t think residents in Singapore can actually open a Vanguard account. Nevertheless, the moral of the story is how come the brokerages in Singapore is still charging me to buy a stock???!!!

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/02/low-fee-pioneer-vanguard-finally-joins-the-crowd-by-dropping-stock-commissions-to-zero.html

 

#2 A Jim Cramer ETF?

It is just a matter of time before someone creates the Mad Money ETF!!!

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/03/jim-cramers-mad-money-recap-stock-picks-jan-3-2020.html

 

#3 BOJ to lend ETFs

Now, this is a creative solution.

In a bid to improve liquidity and to curb complains that BOJ is crowding out the market, BOJ recently unveiled a scheme which allows them to lend ETFs to selected market participants up to a year.

Question: Why not just sell the ETF?

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-japan-economy-boj-etf/boj-to-begin-lending-etfs-to-prop-up-market-liquidity-idUSKBN1YN0LK

 

 

Have a good week ahead.

 

 

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