[cr1895]

> If looking for a US company, the likes of Vanguard and Charles Stanley will freeze your account if they find you reside outside the US.

Ugh, this is maddening. I had a Kafka-esque conversation with a Charles Schwab dude whose scripted answers almost comically changed when he learned that I lived in the Netherlands. It was fine at first, even with the understanding I lived abroad. But their deceptively advertized "expat services" only apply to Americans living in HK and UK.

It wasn't as bad when I called Vanguard, aside from the non-answers they kept giving me at first (they kept saying it was against US regulations and illegal, which I know to be false; when I pressed, they admitted it was purely their own company policy). At least she wasn't literally reading from a script and took the time to check with some supervisors.

[MarchHare]

I love how vanguard.com will redirect to vanguard.co.uk, which will then proceed to inform that they do work with US persons.