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Using 🐂 eToro to buy U.S. ETFs from Europe

Buying U.S. domiciled ETFs is not possible using European 🌍 brokers. Though you can use a U.S. broker instead, another way around this restriction is buying a contract for difference (CFD) instead. This guide will show you how to open and use an eToro account to buy U.S. domiciled ETFs from Europe/U.K., using CFDs. Already… Continue reading Using 🐂 eToro to buy U.S. ETFs from Europe

How to buy 💸 leveraged ETFs from Europe

If you are looking to invest in leveraged 📈 or inverse ETFs from Europe/U.K., you’ll soon find that popular American products are not generally available through European brokers. Below I have compiled an overview of European leveraged and inverse ETFs, as alternatives to their popular 🦅 U.S. counterparts. Though providers such as Direxion, ProShares, and… Continue reading How to buy 💸 leveraged ETFs from Europe

Buy ARK ETFs via Trading 212 Pie 🥧 Feature

Interested in buying U.S. domiciled exchange traded funds from Europe/U.K.? You might be happy to learn that buying any U.S. ETF from Europe is possible via a U.S. based broker. Maybe you’re merely interested in buying certain ARK Invest ETFs? Unfortunately, the European alternatives aren’t always great. Therefore, this guide will help you buy ARK… Continue reading Buy ARK ETFs via Trading 212 Pie 🥧 Feature

European 🌍 alternatives to ARK ETFs

Due to European PRIIPs regulations, buying ARK Invest ETFs is generally not possible from Europe/U.K. Instead, you can buy various European alternatives to ARK ETFs. Alternatively, it is still possible for Europeans to buy all ARK funds (and other U.S. domiciled ETFs) through a U.S. based broker 🗽 instead. Should you be interested in this… Continue reading European 🌍 alternatives to ARK ETFs

Obtaining 👨‍💼 Professional Investor status to buy U.S. ETFs

Whether it’s VTI and VXUS for your FIRE journey, ARKK because you love 👨‍💻 tech, or TMF and UPRO because you got enthusiastic reading Hedgefundie’s Excellent Adventure, as a European, buying 🗽 US domiciled ETFs is generally off limits. Due to PRIIPs regulation, requiring a Key Information Document (KID), retails investors cannot buy US ETFs.… Continue reading Obtaining 👨‍💼 Professional Investor status to buy U.S. ETFs