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@mary44 Thanks for the post and sorry for the delayed reply. I am living in Japan and am paid in JPY, my assumption is that given the poor exchange rate of JPY -> USD, any shares denominated, or with an underlying denomination in, USD are more expensive for me. For example, if 100 JPY = 1USD...

@preciousklay Really wish I understood what this meant 😂

@jandolphrohnson Yes exactly, I agree with you. The issue is the price of the brick in JPY is by definition relative to the USD since the underlying assets are originally priced in USD.

@jandolphrohnson Thanks, but what if you take position that the current JPY/USD exchange rate is a an exception and that rates will eventually normalize to their historical averages? Wouldn’t that imply that if you purchase now, you’d be “overpaying” for your brick because you could’ve gotten...

@jandolphrohnson Posting from a reply to a comment above: I am living in Japan and am paid in JPY, my assumption is that given the poor exchange rate of JPY -> USD, any shares denominated, or with an underlying denomination in, USD are more expensive for me. For example, if 100 JPY = 1USD and 1...

@tlh Thanks for this and sorry for the late reply. Since I am living in Japan and am paid in JPY, my assumption is that given the poor exchange rate of JPY -> USD, any shares denominated, or with an underlying denomination in, USD are more expensive for me. For example, if 100 JPY = 1USD and 1...

Hi all, I’m sure this point has been discussed before or asked in a different thread, but what are everyone’s thoughts on buying eMaxi slims all country and s&p 500 with the exchange rate being as bad as it is? I’ve never bought eMaxis before and used to invest solely into vanguard funds but...