[etrade]必須要居住在美國才能買基金?

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子飛提到...
我在etrade下單，因為是國際帳戶，所以不讓我買美國國內的開放型基金，因為上述基金是要本人在美國，開國內帳戶才能買，我想請教的是您在firstrade開的是國際帳戶嗎？還是您還在美國時就已經開好得戶頭？

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綠角 提到...
子飛 Firstrade的國際帳戶可以購買美國的基金

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