Thanks Bob, My limited understanding from reading other threads is that a US citizen first must open an IB account with US dollars, and I've had an IB account for years. Then if you want your account to report in Au dollars, Ib will loan you the Au dollars and charge interest to do this.Quote from Bob111:
open IB account and set base currency in AUD-
http://individuals.interactivebrokers.com/en/accounts/fees/interest.php?ib_entity=llc
you not going to get anything on first 11.5K.
another option-
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=FXA&t=3m
It is not clear from reading the Rydex Au dollar trust that it would pay interest on the funds invested and appears to be a straight hold of Au dollars. Is this correct?