In the UK ETFs are not subject to stamp duty tax on purchase like stocks. However, tax on dividends and capital gains from ETFs and stocks depends on your personal tax circumstances. For example, here in the UK I hold a bunch of stocks and ETFs in tax free wrappers, ISA (individual savings account) and SIPP (self invested pension plan) dividends and profits on buying and selling are tax free.
I see, but Riets may be different from ETFs? And you are an UK resident so for foreigners may be totally different.
if my estimate is correct, we are witnessing spraying another stimulus to failed government enterprises globally. These enterprises will display modest increases but real money will be made on shift of sentiment to inflationary and lack of trust in money. metal equities are viable alternative to sydney property.
in Sydney now, awesome city - at first sight at least.But read a newsreport here yesterday about rental yields being at all time low, and units held by investors inversely at very high historical levels. Number of empty units is increasing as well. Huge and numerous construction sites ongoing, the place sure looks happening, but the stats cited don t scream for a buy in the property market.
It doesn't seem to matter what the markets are doing, the above mentioned stocks (metals) gyrate all over the place. There's about 5 of them on the TMX/TSX (Canada) that line up for perfect, synthetic straddle, swing trades. Oil's another commodity to consider. Too much uncertainty in the markets. Lot's of political discourse. Other than that, I cherry pick ER's to play. Good luck
%% I think Jim Rogers is doing that[yahoo link Jim Rogers] he did not mention bondsor gold ; but past year US stocks doing sideways-distribution. He thinks the euro may beat the pound -most likely right. H doesnt think strong dollar means weak oil; Rich Dennis likes the idea of doing ones own research-amen.Good points