In a couple of days, a lot of people are going to be very upset, and a lot will be very happy. Let’s face it, whatever happens, it’s about to get crazy… And if you’re placing your happiness or sanity—or lack thereof—in the hands of the person set to take the White House this week, [...]
Creating a plan to internationalize and diversify your life isn’t something you should undertake as a reaction against someone else. It’s something you should do for yourself, to protect yourself, your family, and your assets. When he was in office, I met countless Americans who were planning to leave the United States because of Obama. [...]
Imagine a country that uses the very same currency you do now… A business hub that’s at the center of the world… with tax advantages you won’t find back home… and a banking sector that has never had a single crisis. On top of this: it’s a tropical paradise with year-round warm weather, some of [...]
The key to living long-term overseas… and to escaping home at a moment’s notice if you need to… is residency and/or citizenship overseas… You can obtain residency or citizenship in more than one country. However, most expats obtain residency or a second citizenship in just one country outside their home country. Which country depends on [...]
In October, I’ll be in Porto, Portugal, for my annual Offshore Wealth Summit. One of the topics we’ll cover is filing taxes as an American offshore. Taxes are a hot topic right now as the presidential race heats up… Should he be elected, Trump plans to permanently extend his 2017 tax cuts, eliminate taxes on [...]
Trump and Vance versus Harris and Walz. Yeesh. In just a couple months we’ll have our winners… and losers. For close to 30 years, I’ve been warning people of the risks of hanging all your hopes on any one country… any one economy… or any one currency. That message has never been more pertinent than [...]
Baby Thomas James Delehanty arrived into the world in 1963 Arizona. A couple months later, having been adopted, he became John Edward Portmann. In 2019, he decided to research his family tree. Although he had long known he was adopted, he was shocked when the DNA test he took revealed his ancestry to be 100% [...]
The men in my life drink whisky. Lately they’ve been talking a lot about how it’s produced and what makes one bottle better than another. Dinner table conversations are given over to the history of the production of Scotch whisky, in particular. Fortunately, it’s a good story. It all started in 1494, when Friar John [...]
Last week as shots rang out in Butler, Pennsylvania, the U.S. came within an inch of all-out chaos. Then came the CrowdStrike computer crash which grounded flights and downed systems in hospitals, emergency services, banks, governments, schools, and more around the world. Now, Biden has declared himself out of the running in the presidential race [...]
I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our age. Cable news in the United States has got that beat covered. Most importantly, I believe in finding opportunities and organizing your life to enjoy what the world offers. Sometimes, you may need to make some changes to do so. So, my job is [...]
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