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Category: Asset Protection
Diversification Is Key, Whether Trump Delivers Or Not
When President Trump was elected to office, some readers wrote to say they’d decided to put their flag-planting efforts on hold. Maybe President Trump would be able to achieve his goal of making America great again, they figured. He’s certainly gotten off to a dramatic start. Love or hate what he’s doing… believe or don’t […]
Your Best Financial Strategy Now That Trump Has Won
The U.S. elections are finally over, and now the talking heads have moved on to discuss the minutiae of Donald Trump’s transition plans. Meanwhile, friends, colleagues, readers, and consulting clients are writing each day to ask what Trump’s victory means for me… How am I adjusting my holdings, my investment plans, and my Plan B […]
The Ideal Destinations For Creating Your Plan B, Discussed
“If you were to make specific recommendations for how to go about creating a Plan B, what would they be?” So I began the opening panel discussion for our Emergency Offshore Summit taking place in Panama City this week. On stage with me were our favorite legal eagle from Colombia Juan Dario Gutierrez… Cayman Islands […]
Not Even Jack Bauer Will Save Us From Presidential Elections
The U.S. election season is winding down… thankfully. This election has been more embarrassing for this American abroad than any previous such season in my nearly 20 years living overseas. Watching the debate last night, I kept waiting for Jack Bauer to come running into view on the TV screen and save the day. The […]
How Diversifying Into Real Estate Can Help Your Portfolio
Over the weekend I read one of those Q&A articles in a mainstream financial publication. A reader had written in to ask how he should invest a windfall of US$250,000. The answer was typical mainstream financial advice that boiled down to: Determine your level of risk tolerance based on your age and then allocate some […]
Why A Self-Sufficient Life Should Be Near The Top Of Your List
Neither Doomsday Prepper nor Wilderness Mountain Man you need to be… but, with the right systems in place, living can be free. The new reality TV vision of self-sufficiency is hairy rawhide-clad mountain men and women jumping into frigid rivers in the wilderness to wrestle salmon from giant grizzly bears. It’s as comically ridiculous an […]
Don’t Set Up An Offshore Entity Unless You Can Answer This
Using the wrong type of entity can create tax and administrative issues that can be costly to remedy… especially for Americans. If an American uses an S.A. (Sociedad Anonima) from Panama to hold passive-income-producing investments, for example, he can
In A Volatile Stock Market Diversify With Real Estate
Meanwhile, my real estate portfolio has held steady this week, as it does most weeks. No violent, overnight ups and downs with real estate. Yes, prices can go down, even dramatically, as they did in many markets in 2008/2009. Those downs present buying opportunities… just as this week’s down stock values created buying opportunities for […]
Holding and Owning Real Estate Overseas
Example: Croatia Croatia was a good example of this a decade ago, before this country joined the EU. Back then (which is when I invested here), Croatia imposed a restriction on the foreign purchase of real estate… a form of reciprocity. For you to be able to buy property in Croatia, Croatians had to be […]