Hello,
I've been a lurker for a long time, absorbing as much as I can, but I'm not quite sure where to start with investing, particularly because I'm afraid my situation is a little complicated. I'm American, my fiance is Australian, we currently live and earn in Australia, but we're not sure which country will become our home base.
I would like to start stashing in something better than a savings account (the interest rates, which have been great the last two years, dropped this past month), but I don't know whether it would be better to stash Australian dollars through an Australian company, or to send money back to my American bank account and invest in the States. Fiance started an Australian account with Vanguard last year, but I want my own set up for the learning experience and because I'm younger (more years to accumulate).
So my question is: How do you pick a country in which to invest when you have two options?
I figure if I can pick either America or Australia, then I can start researching companies without being doubly overwhelmed by my options.
In case it helps:
Ages: 25 and 30
Earning: .... very little right now; we are living on savings whilst Fiance finishes the PhD and I look for a job (we planned for this).
Amount to invest today: 3,000AUD