One of my financial experiments for this year was was to use one of the lesser-known options for US citizens abroad to buy index funds – buying a non-US UCITS ETF inside a US IRA. Depending on exchange rates and my employer’s performance, I may also be within touching distance of the Roth IRA incomeContinue reading “IRA Contributions in UCITS ETFs through Interactive Brokers”
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Buying Index Funds – 2 More Options
In the last few weeks, I’ve run across two more options for buying index funds, the key building blocks of my portfolio (and of anybody taking a passive, buy-and-hold, Bogleheads-ish approach). I haven’t implemented either of them yet, but wanted to share what I’ve found and I’d be very interested to hear if any ofContinue reading “Buying Index Funds – 2 More Options”
RMDs vs Lifetime Allowance – Which Alligator Should You Focus On?
Fair warning: this post is for people who have reason to be concerned about both RMDs and the Lifetime Allowance. If you don’t have a Traditional 401k/IRA/etc. balance or you have no concerns about exceeding the LTA, you can skip on past – just focus on the one that affects you. Also – this oneContinue reading “RMDs vs Lifetime Allowance – Which Alligator Should You Focus On?”
US & UK Tax on Traditional to Roth Conversions
I’m working on a series of posts about retirement withdrawal strategies and managing US and UK taxes in retirement, and I keep drafting a comment that “I’ll do a post on Roth conversions in the future” – I’m just going to do it now 🙂 There’s already a lot out there about a Roth ConversionContinue reading “US & UK Tax on Traditional to Roth Conversions”
US Traditional IRA (Account Options)
This is an option with a big question mark, even if the question is answered favorably, it’s still relatively limited, but I wanted to include it in the list of account options to be comprehensive. I’d be interested in your thoughts about how you use it as an American in the UK, if you do.Continue reading “US Traditional IRA (Account Options)”
US Roth IRA (Account Options)
Number 2 in the series on account options – full list is at Account Options. Edit 07Jul21: I’ve changed my view on whether Roth IRAs need to be opened before leaving the US – I no longer think that’s a requirement, although it’s logistically easier. I’ve updated the post to reflect that. Edit 13Aug21: ThereContinue reading “US Roth IRA (Account Options)”
FIRE Across the Pond 