07-14-2021, 03:16 AM
Which platforms allow for more flexible investing (i.e. investing in cannabis and/or
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm trying to invest in cannabis and/or China and my current brokerage account is with Wells Fargo. They won't let me invest in these specific sectors because marijuana is not fully legal in the US (so they say, lame) and, regarding China, apparently it must trade on a U.S. stock exchange, so not sure how to get access to stock exchanges beyond what is in the U.S.</p> <p>I am primarily interested in ETFs for both of these theses because it seems so hard to pick a single specific winner when it comes to relatively early stage investing (as, in my opinion, the cannabis industry is in relatively early days) and China is a relative unknown to me so just trying to harness the overall economic power there without getting too pinpoint specific on which firm or industry/sector.</p> <p>So, in effect, I really have two overall questions –</p> <p>(1) how can I get access to these individual stocks or ETFs / which trading platform will allow this? Should I be avoiding bigger banks and going for more app-based trading platforms?</p> <p>(2) Any stocks or ETFs that folks would recommend in this space? Specifically, for China is there anything you know that does trade on the U.S. exchanges that could be easily accessible and broadly tracks the overall China market?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WrecktheRIC"> /u/WrecktheRIC </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ojif1y/which_platforms_allow_for_more_flexible_investing/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ojif1y/which_platforms_allow_for_more_flexible_investing/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>I'm trying to invest in cannabis and/or China and my current brokerage account is with Wells Fargo. They won't let me invest in these specific sectors because marijuana is not fully legal in the US (so they say, lame) and, regarding China, apparently it must trade on a U.S. stock exchange, so not sure how to get access to stock exchanges beyond what is in the U.S.</p> <p>I am primarily interested in ETFs for both of these theses because it seems so hard to pick a single specific winner when it comes to relatively early stage investing (as, in my opinion, the cannabis industry is in relatively early days) and China is a relative unknown to me so just trying to harness the overall economic power there without getting too pinpoint specific on which firm or industry/sector.</p> <p>So, in effect, I really have two overall questions –</p> <p>(1) how can I get access to these individual stocks or ETFs / which trading platform will allow this? Should I be avoiding bigger banks and going for more app-based trading platforms?</p> <p>(2) Any stocks or ETFs that folks would recommend in this space? Specifically, for China is there anything you know that does trade on the U.S. exchanges that could be easily accessible and broadly tracks the overall China market?</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/WrecktheRIC"> /u/WrecktheRIC </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ojif1y/which_platforms_allow_for_more_flexible_investing/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/investing/comments/ojif1y/which_platforms_allow_for_more_flexible_investing/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R