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Here’s another reason to have at least two bank accounts overseas: So you can move your money when one of them gets shut down. Years ago I had an account with the local Panama operation of Stanford Bank. I woke up one day to find that Stanford Bank had been taken over by Panama’s Banking […]
As I said, we’ve been working on the designs for these houses behind the scenes for months. In conceiving this new neighborhood, we’ve had two driving ideas. First, again, we want to be able to offer a no-hassle, ready-to-move-into option for people interested in becoming part of the Los Islotes community but not up for […]
We got right to the point: Diversification. It’s the surprisingly simple answer to the sometimes seemingly impossible-to-process question: How do we survive the current age…and the even more troubling one that may be coming?
I got peoples’ attention with my “I Confess: I Don’t Care If The U.S. Dollar Collapses” headline last week. Boy, did I get mail, positive, negative, and lunatic. Some readers wrote to point out that the U.S. dollar is on a run and isn’t going to collapse anytime soon…or ever. Others argued that no level […]
First, pay cash at Dairy Queen for that banana split. Handing over your credit card and, even more risky, your debit card to pay for small daily purchases opens you up to potential fraud. Use the card a dozen times in the course of a week at various businesses, and you’ve introduced a dozen potential […]
I’m reviewing and clarifying my ideas related to the Five Flags theory of diversification in preparation for my opening remarks at the Wealth Summit I’m hosting in Belize in October. If you’re new to the idea, the “Five Flags” are to do with residency, citizenship, banking, assets, and business. Not everyone needs all five flags […]
Kathleen and I leave in the morning for a month on the road. I called my credit card companies this morning to let them know. I don’t hold out much hope that that effort will have any real effect. My cards will still get cut off; it’s just a question of how often. The credit […]
You should have an account with an offshore bank. That’s a fundamental step in any plan for diversifying offshore. How do you choose where to open your first (or subsequent) offshore bank account? Don’t try to base the decision on customer service, because, the sad truth is, finding a financial institution with consistently good customer […]
I’m getting a lot of feedback from people trying to send international wire transfers. A reader wrote this week to say: “I went to my bank branch to initiate a wire transfer on Monday. The teller had to call over the branch manager to help with the paperwork. Once the manager saw I was transferring […]
I recently participated in a “How To Buy And Profit From Real Estate Overseas” webinar. For the hour-long conversation, Kathleen Peddicord, Real Estate Marketing Director James Archer, and I welcomed three special guests representing key markets of interest right now—Panama, Brazil, and Argentina/Paraguay/Uruguay. The agenda for our discussion was broad. We talked about the main […]
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