Offshore Living Letter is a publication of Live and Invest Overseas. Our goal is to provide timely, actionable information on all things offshore, including: how to go offshore, diversifying your portfolio, wealth creation, protecting your assets, and much more.
Category: Diversification
30
Apr
What Should You Be Invested In Right Now? Not This... As some countries in Europe and some states in the United States begin reopening for business, the long-term impacts of shutting down global economies are being debated by experts and amateurs alike. The U.S. stock market, as tracked by the S&P 500, is still down [...]
06
Apr
A Guide To The Best Real Estate Opportunities After COVID-19
Global Property Markets Post-Coronavirus—Here’s How And Where To Profit What will global property markets look like post the COVID-19 pandemic? I do not believe we’re going to see 40% to 70% drops like we did in the wake of the 2008/2009 global crisis, when real estate markets worldwide took huge hits with few exceptions. However, [...]
26
Mar
Invest In Truffles For Big Returns Not Tied To The Stock Market
What To Do With Your Money Now—3 Top Alternative Investments No doubt about it... most investors are experiencing one heck of a roller coaster ride right now. Good thing we're not most investors. Our productive land investments are looking more attractive than ever. People are still eating and, more important, will need to continue to [...]
23
Mar
Why I’m Glad That I Hold The World’s Most Valuable Asset
Here’s What To Do Today To Prepare For The Pain And Hardship We’re Facing The death rate from the coronavirus won’t make a dent in the global population even if 100% of us catch the bug. That is: The human race is not going to become extinct. Economies and markets will recover, too… eventually. We’re [...]
19
Mar
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What Kathleen And I Are Doing While We’re Locked Down Together In Paris "Mom, they just told us all that the dorms are closing this weekend. We need to leave by Sunday at the latest, but they'd like us to move out as quickly as possible." It was the call Lief and I have been [...]
16
Mar
Why An Agricultural Investment Is A Crisis Safe Haven
World Borders Are Closing... Here's What You Need To Know When the doors closed, they closed fast and hard. Panama has stopped all flights from Europe and Asia. Germany has closed its land borders to all traffic except goods and people commuting for work. Poland had already closed its border with Germany in an effort [...]
12
Mar
An Urgent Reminder: The Time To Diversify Offshore Is Now
If This Week's Blood Bath Isn't Showing You The Importance Of Diversifying Offshore, I Don't Know What Will Our son Jackson came to spend Christmas and his winter break with us in Paris. He was due to return to NYU Shanghai to finish his sophomore year the first of February. He didn't because, at the [...]
19
Dec
This Is Exactly Why I Have A Personal Freedom Plan
“These French… I Hate These French” Earlier this week, Kathleen had an appointment with her dentist here in Paris. Afterward, she told me that the poor guy spent most of the visit complaining about the situation in France right now. “These French… I hate these French,” he told her. Monsieur Cherel is French himself, of [...]
07
Nov
The Best Way To Start Developing Your Property Overseas
Part of my long-term offshore lifestyle and diversification strategy includes a beach house in Panama at the Los Islotes residential community my wife Kathleen and I have been developing on this country’s western Azuero coast. I’ve been involved in different ways in dozens of developments like Los Islotes in more than two-dozen countries over the past […]
28
Oct
What Are The Benefits Of Living In More Than One Country?
My Wife Assured The Guy That What He’s Looking For Doesn’t Exist "I disagree with you about Ecuador," a friend told me last night over drinks. He was referring to my general position, which is more to do with Quito, really, than Ecuador overall. Still, I wouldn't qualify either Quito or Ecuador as a great [...]