Starting with VTI and the noise of YouTube I remember when I first decided to look into overseas stocks. It was mostly because of those YouTube videos that kept showing up in my feed—people talking about how they retired early just by putting money into a simple VTI ETF. It sounded so clean, so logical….
Staring at the 1500 won mark I remember checking the app on my phone early in the morning, somewhere around 9:20 AM. The exchange rate was already hitting 1,524 won against the dollar. It is one of those numbers that just makes your stomach sink if you have any exposure to foreign markets. I keep…
Trying to make sense of the timing shift I remember when I first started buying US stocks, I didn’t really think about the time difference as a physical barrier. I just saw the tickers on my phone and assumed it would be as easy as trading Samsung or some domestic utility stock during my lunch…