When buying CRTO, I get this warning…
Warning: (DW1602) The French government has instituted a 0.20% Financial Transaction Tax on both American Depository Receipts (ADRs) and foreign
Tax, tax, tax! That’s about what Vanguard charges for an ETF to manage it!
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I received a similar note on IB too!
This is new, or at least I’ve never been notified of it and I’ve purchased CRTO on 9 separate occasions.
Nevertheless, are you really going to grouse about 0.2%? Frankly, I would like to see a similar thing here as a deterrent to HS traders who front run the market in order to exploit guys like us (well, me anyway - maybe you’re in a different class).
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Nevertheless, are you really going to grouse about 0.2%?
Well, I have to grouse about something to be happy. It’s like haggling at the bazaar - it’s required.
Frankly, I would like to see a similar thing here as a deterrent to HS traders who front run the market in order to exploit guys like us (well, me anyway - maybe you’re in a different class)
Yep, I am from a different class, I hang out here so I can front-run all you suckers with my state-of-the-art computer that I bought 5 years ago. FIOS recently upgraeded me to 50M download speed, so watch out!

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