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Trading & investments
ADRs (American Depositary Receipts)
About ADRs
Best execution and price improvements
How best execution works
Choosing my portfolio currency
Currency selection
Dividend taxes
US market instruments, IRS, W8-BEN
Do you offer options, CFDs, mutual funds or futures trading?
What we currently do not offer
Do you pay dividends?
What are they and how do they work on Lightyear
How to transfer stocks from Freetrade
Step by step guide to initiate transfers with Freetrade
How to transfer stocks from Interactive Brokers
Step by step guide to initiate transfers with IBKR
How to transfer stocks from LHV
Step by step guide to initiate transfers with LHV
How to transfer stocks from Scalable Capital
Step by step guide to initiate transfers with Scalable Capital
How to transfer stocks from Shareworks
Step by step guide to initiate transfers with Shareworks
How to transfer stocks from Swedbank
Step by step guide to initiate transfers with Swedbank
I can't find the stock/ETF I want to invest in
About adding new stocks to our selection
ISAs and investment accounts
What are Lightyear accounts declared as
Market vs Limit orders: What are they?
Market and limit orders
Money Market Fund (MMF)
Learn about investing in mutual funds
PnL (profit and loss)
Learn about profit and loss views in Lightyear app
Prices in the app
How we display prices
Repeat Orders
Investing on auto-pilot
Taxes and statements
Tax reporting and where to get an account overview
Transferring stocks to Lightyear
How it works, how long it takes, what can be moved over
Volatility alerts
Notifications tracking price movements
What are fractional shares?
...“a fraction of a share", i.e less than one
What is an acquisition?
Corporate action
What is a spin-off?
Corporate action
What is a stock split?
The a-b-c's of share or stock splits
What is delisting?
Corporate action
Which markets do you currently offer?
Our stock & ETF universe
Who is the owner of the securities I buy?
Any instruments you purchase through Lightyear are yours
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