The reason i did not pay too much attention to that is because the US government owe too much money and their solution is to print money to pay off debts.
Thus the long-term forex risk makes me avoid the US market.
You trust the Spore gov't :p
I'm trying to diversify into forex trading but the market is broken
Theres another option if you want to trade the HK, Thai, US, whatever ...markets, take a look at Interactive brokers. You can trade stocks in Asia, Europe, US, etc . I took a look at their cost structure but couldn't understand their cost structure
You might want to consider trading the Malaysian market. I was thinking of opening an online trading account with Maybank. I've got some Malaysian shares being held by my Spore broker & paying a monthly holding fees. I was going to transfer the share to Maybank & save on those holding fees & gst fees which they charge when I receive a dividens.