What if you could go anywhere, do anything, and spend your time and your money any way you wanted? As we stand now at the start of New Year 2017, my question is not rhetorical, for, indeed, you could go anywhere, you could do anything, and you could spend your days and invest your capital […]
First, because, for me, the flip side of comfortable and convenient is dull and predictable. Life in the United States is fully figured out, leaving little room for the unexpected and the incalculable. Then there’s the overregulation, overreach, invasions of privacy, and poor government stewardship of the people’s money that dominate this landscape. For me, […]
Here’s Where To Place Your Real Estate Investment Capital In 2017 Time to take stock, regroup, project, and predict... As we turn the corner from 2016 to 2017, here are the overseas property markets we here at Live and Invest Overseas have dead center on our radar, the places we are planning to place our [...]
Even I… a woman who really prefers to do things for herself and by herself… have learned an important lesson: Life the way we live it is much easier with help. For Lief and me, life can be complicated. Our constant priority is diversification. This is both a risk-aversion strategy and a personal preference. We […]
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 […]
4 Predictions For Our Anti-Capitalist World The world seems to hate capitalism these days. Teresa May, Britain’s new anti-capitalism prime minister, just outlined her goals. She railed against the "international elite." I think that term might include you and me; I’m not sure. According to the Financial Times, PM May set out an "agenda of [...]
Over the years, readers have called me crazy and even stupid for visiting and investing in one country or another… Argentina in 2002, Romania in 2004, Egypt in 2005, Colombia in 2011… for example… They’ve forwarded me U.S. State Department reports and warnings about various countries. They’ve asked whether I watch the news or have […]
Lief and I arrived in the heart of Lisbon’s business and banking district yesterday and installed ourselves in a hotel housed in a building that dates back 300 years at least. Other buildings up and down this tree-lined street are older. I’m at home here. I’m most comfortable in cities and structures with long pasts. […]
Brexit fallout is holding onto the news cycles in the U.K. and Europe. The recent U.K. referendum has the country voting to Leave the EU. As a result of that outcome, British Prime Minister David Cameron has resigned. The guy favored to replace Cameron, former London Mayor Boris Johnson, has taken himself out of the […]
“If you want to grow, you have to go to a place that’s growing.” –Panamanian businessman Jose Bern “Panama has three things going for it—location, location, location.” –Expat investor David Stubbs “What’s the first word that comes to mind when you hear ‘Panama’?” expat-investor David Stubbs asked the crowd in Panama City yesterday morning. “The […]
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