I’m a dual US/EU citizen and recently sold my house and moved from the US to Europe for work. So I have a bunch of cash losing value in my savings account which I’d like to invest ASAP. I don’t know how long I’ll stay in Europe or where I will retire yet in about 10 years.
Ideally I want to keep investing in a US ETF like VTI but not sure what’s the best way to do that, taking into account the complexity of regulations. Here’s what I think I can do:
Option 1: keep using my Vanguard account without updating my former address in the US
Option 2: update the address in my Vanguard account with a friend’s address in the US
Option 3: open an Interactive Brokers account but not able to purchase US ETF’s as far as I know. So I’d have to try to replicate VTI manually by picking individual stocks, which seems complicated and time consuming.
Does anyone have advice on this?
Would love to hear from other expats who have been in the same situation.
Ideally I want to keep investing in a US ETF like VTI but not sure what’s the best way to do that, taking into account the complexity of regulations. Here’s what I think I can do:
Option 1: keep using my Vanguard account without updating my former address in the US
Option 2: update the address in my Vanguard account with a friend’s address in the US
Option 3: open an Interactive Brokers account but not able to purchase US ETF’s as far as I know. So I’d have to try to replicate VTI manually by picking individual stocks, which seems complicated and time consuming.
Does anyone have advice on this?
Would love to hear from other expats who have been in the same situation.