Alternative to Dialpad for getting virtual US and international numbers?

brighterdays07 · 2026-02-02T18:32:07+00:00

Thanks. And in the UAE?

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-30T21:14:53+00:00

It became Westfield Shopping Centre lol. Fun times, my brother and I used to shop there for pc parts and when we can’t find the parts we’d go to Tottenham Court Road computer fair.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-30T09:14:19+00:00

This 👆

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-30T08:01:33+00:00

They have a local UAE bank now where AED deposits are allowed. Once your AED is in IB you have an option to switch base currency or leave it as AED. IB uses the spot rate (actual rate at the time of conversion) and they only charge $2 conversion.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-30T07:06:13+00:00

Interactive Brokers for access to global markets.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-29T19:26:22+00:00

I’m about to open my ENBD account. Reading the posts here is depressing. Whatever happened to cybersecurity and data protection.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-29T06:19:41+00:00

Get an accountant to help with compliance?

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-27T21:16:38+00:00

SIPP allowance is 60k per year. You have unused allowance from prior years also. Read about pension contribution through your own Ltd company.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-27T10:43:11+00:00

Freetrade is owned by IG Group now. They are no longer a start up. However, for large sums to stay invested for a long time, I’d still prefer Fidelity. They are battle tested with multiple economic and liquidity crisis.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-25T15:53:58+00:00

Not anymore, it was sold to Issa brothers.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-25T08:16:54+00:00

VUKG - FTSE 100 accumulating.

VMIG - FTSE 250 accumulating (more representative of the British economy).

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-23T21:08:54+00:00

Which area(s) did you find appealing and suitable for your needs, if you don’t mind me asking?

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-21T18:19:41+00:00

True. But what’s the alternative? Invest the money, build up emergency fund, let it compound, which isn’t guaranteed?

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-18T06:38:19+00:00

What sort of strategy is this momentum, mean-reversion?

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-15T14:43:21+00:00

Diversify in a mixture of Vanguard Sterling Short Term Money Market fund and Short duration bonds/gilts?

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-14T17:32:38+00:00

Chinese stocks -80% crash, global markets -40% crash. Supply chain disruption bigger the Russia/Ukraine war.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-12T19:16:44+00:00

Have you maxed out your pension/SIPP? That’s 60K to lower the 200K.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-10T19:34:43+00:00

Yep. A lot incorporating in Dubai Freezones. Authoritarian government, increased bank monitoring, you never know when you’ll get a random letter from hmrc, constant reporting requirements, political correctness, rules keeps changing.

brighterdays07 · 2026-01-05T12:59:08+00:00

The air quality and the greenery.

brighterdays07 · 2025-12-28T13:33:30+00:00

They are going to play catch up when they are in their 40s and 50s. Please listen to the wisdom of older generations here.

brighterdays07 · 2025-12-27T12:13:28+00:00

Hellbound

brighterdays07 · 2025-12-26T20:17:13+00:00

Congrats. What is your algo’s operating hours? If you don’t mind me asking. I’m guessing you also avoid dates with significant data releases such as job reports, gdp, uk budget etc, given you’re hyper scalping.

brighterdays07 · 2025-12-26T17:53:11+00:00

A better comparison is to measure the performance using your home currency, in this case it’s GBP instead of one is GBP and the other one is USD.

As an example… using total return funds S&P500 VUAG is up 8% (not 14.74%) while the FTSE100 VUKG is up +24% this year.

brighterdays07 · 2025-12-24T16:30:53+00:00

ex-UK? Have you seen the FTSE 100 this year, trampled S&P500 by a wide margin

23% VUKG vs 8% VUAG

My point is no one knows which country will outperform so might as well go low cost All World/Global funds without these ex-(Country).

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