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How to buy US stocks & ETFs from India

125 single-stock guides and 22 ETF guides covering the major US-listed names, written for Indian residents. Every guide walks through legality under the LRS, the brokerage choice, the Section 112 capital-gains math in rupees, dividend withholding where the security pays one, the $60,000 US estate-tax trap, and our explicit editorial verdict — Buy, Hold, or Sell.

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How to read these guides

Each guide assumes you are an Indian resident. The mechanics covered are RBI's Liberalised Remittance Scheme (USD 250,000 per financial year), 20% TCS above ten lakh rupees of remittance (creditable, not a cost), Section 112 long-term capital gains at 12.5% after 24 months with no indexation, the 25% US DTAA dividend withholding rate via W-8BEN, Form 67 foreign tax credit (transitioning to Form 44 from TY 2026-27), Schedule FA disclosure every year you hold, and the $60,000 US-situs estate-tax trap on directly-held US stocks. We label our verdict on every guide and back it up — the verdicts are editorial opinions for educational illustration only, not regulated SEBI investment advice.

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US ETFs

22 guides

Index, sector, dividend, factor, bond, and commodity ETFs an Indian resident can buy via the LRS. Same tax framing as single stocks — Section 112 LTCG on capital gains, 25% US DTAA withholding on dividends, $60,000 estate-tax trap on US-domiciled funds.

Broad-market US

Total-market and S&P 500 trackers — the canonical core-holding ETFs for an Indian investor wanting US exposure.

5

Developed international (ex-US)

Developed markets outside the US — Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada.

1

Emerging markets

Broad emerging-markets exposure — China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, and the rest.

1

Total international

Single-ticker exposure to the whole world outside the US.

2

Dividend & income

High-yield and dividend-growth ETFs — sticky income with US-source dividend withholding to manage.

3

Factor (value / growth)

Value vs growth tilts — for investors who want a deliberate factor lean on top of a broad index.

2

Sector & thematic

Semiconductors, innovation, and theme-led exposure — concentrated bets on a single category.

2

Small-cap

US small-company exposure beyond the megacap-led S&P 500.

1

Bonds

US bond-market exposure for asset allocation — note the Indian tax treatment differs from equity.

2

Commodities

Gold and other commodity exposure via US-listed ETFs.

1

Crypto ETFs

US-listed spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETFs — equity tax treatment (Section 112 LTCG) applies, not VDA flat rate.

2

Single stocks

Every name we cover, grouped by sector and theme.

Mega-cap tech

The largest US-listed technology platforms — search, cloud, devices, advertising.

5 guides

Semiconductors & semi-cap-equipment

Chipmakers and the equipment used to fabricate them — AI cycle's most-leveraged exposure.

13 guides

AI & data-center infrastructure

Power, cooling, networking, and platform companies riding the AI capex super-cycle.

7 guides

Cybersecurity

Identity, network, endpoint, and cloud-security platforms benefitting from enterprise consolidation.

5 guides

Software & SaaS

Vertical and horizontal SaaS companies — enterprise productivity, design, dev tools, observability.

11 guides

Consumer internet & marketplaces

E-commerce, gig economy, streaming, and the major online consumer platforms.

6 guides

Consumer staples

Snacks, beverages, retail — defensive cash-flow compounders with dividend stories.

5 guides

Fintech & payments

Card networks, digital wallets, and embedded-finance leaders.

5 guides

Biotech & pharma

Large-cap biotech with on-market franchises and pipelines — typically dividend-paying or in cash-rich phase.

11 guides

Medtech & medical devices

Robotic surgery, continuous glucose monitoring, imaging — quality medical-device franchises.

2 guides

Industrial conglomerates

Diversified industrials with US-listed scale and global footprint.

2 guides

Media, entertainment & gaming

Studios, streaming, game publishers, and pending corporate-action stories.

1 guide

Energy & utilities

Power producers riding the AI-electricity-demand thesis and large-cap utilities.

8 guides

Telecom

US wireless and integrated telecom — post-Sprint consolidation winners and dividend stories.

1 guide

Travel & hospitality

Hotel operators, online-travel aggregators, and short-term-rental marketplaces.

1 guide

Crypto & Bitcoin proxies

Listed companies that give equity exposure to crypto without holding the asset directly.

2 guides

IT services

Large-cap IT services and consulting — high Indian-employee base for RSU readers.

1 guide

Storage & hardware

HDD, NAND, and enterprise-storage companies through the AI-data-center storage cycle.

3 guides

Nuclear energy & uranium

Reactor operators, SMR developers, uranium miners, and nuclear fuel suppliers — riding the AI-electricity and clean-energy demand thesis.

5 guides

Defense & aerospace

US defense primes and advanced-systems suppliers benefiting from NATO spending cycles and next-generation platforms.

4 guides

Space & satellites

Commercial launch, satellite constellations, Earth-observation, and space-infrastructure companies.

7 guides

eVTOL & quantum computing

Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft and early-stage quantum computing — high-risk, long-horizon emerging-technology plays.

4 guides

Financials & banking

US investment banks, diversified banks, and asset managers — from fee-income compounders to trading-cycle plays.

4 guides

Automotive & EVs

Global automakers and EV startups — ICE incumbents navigating the EV transition alongside pure-play electric vehicle companies.

6 guides

China ADRs

US-listed Chinese companies via the ADR/ADS structure — note VIE risk, HFCAA delisting risk, and no India-China DTAA for withholding.

6 guides

Important compliance note

Vested.blog is not a SEBI-registered Research Analyst. Buy / Hold / Sell verdicts shown above are editorial opinions written for educational illustration only — they are not investment advice, not regulated stock recommendations, and should not be treated as such. Vested.blog is published by Rovia; the publisher and its affiliates may hold positions in any stock discussed. For decisions specific to you, please consult a SEBI-registered investment advisor and a qualified Chartered Accountant.