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Investing in Diamonds vs Gold: The Major Differences Explained
Diamonds and gold are two types of assets with a long-established symbolic connection to resilience, wealth, and prosperity. As investments, however, they behave very differently, making them suited to different kinds of investors. In this article, we’ll compare investing in diamonds vs gold to help you determine which is the better choice for your portfolio. […]
Investing in Classic Cars: What You Need To Know
Coveted by enthusiasts and investors alike, classic cars combine aesthetic appeal with the potential to generate returns. While appreciating their beauty or enjoying the experience of driving one requires little more than an interest in automobiles, investing in classic cars takes knowledge, research, and substantial financial resources. In this article, we’ll examine classic cars as […]
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Harry Dent on economic trends: October 12, 2013 Radio show
Nomad Capitalist ReportAirdate: October 12, 2013 Topics discussed: Investing overseas, demographic trends Guests:0:00 Andrew discusses how the United States has used propaganda to brainwash its own citizens into staying put – despite their own best interests. He discusses the wars, bombings, and incursions the US government has gotten into since World War II, and why […]
How Hard Is It to Open a Singapore Bank Account Now?
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand Remember when you were a little kid and you’d go to your friends’ birthday party to eat cake and play party games? Even at seven years old, I was overly anxious for my age, and one game in particular really got me going: musical chairs. You’d run around and around in […]
The US government shutdown shows just how unfree “America” is
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand I have to say, I’m a little embarrassed. No, not for “my” country and all of the crazy things they’re doing to innocent people during the government shutdown. No, I don’t view one country as “mine”, as if I’m owned and defined by it. Just meeting three South Koreans at the […]
When bond markets have their fill of Obama and quantitative easing
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand After my excellent, Obamacare-sidestepping experience at the hospital yesterday, I had to go back today for a few additional, more in-depth tests. To be honest, I think the doctor – who seemed pretty confident about my clean bill of health – sensed my hypochondria and wanted to put my mind at […]
How Medical Tourism in Thailand Beats Obamacare
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand I’ll never forget standing in Lisbon, Portugal at nine years old as my parents I were on a day tour of Portugal’s capital. When our guide learned we were from the United States, he replied that one of Portugal’s top officials had just gone to there for medical care. He wasn’t […]
Living on The Cheap: The Cheapest Places to Live Overseas
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand Yesterday was a day of extremes. I had a fantastic lunch consisting of smoked duck and gruyere spring rolls, followed by a great spicy pasta with wine. My dinner was far more spartan: a $6 two-course feast of “Muslim Thai” food in a back alley in Bangkok. And I washed it […]
What Will happen if the US government goes bankrupt?
https://nomadcapitalist.com/finance/quantitative-easing-americas-newest-export/Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand The Thai government’s 38% debt-to-GDP ratio looks like drastic fiscal prudence compared to the nearly 110% in the United States. For Southeast Asia, Thailand is quite the a rabid spender. Places like Cambodia have been decreasing, rather than increasing, their debt levels. In just three hours, you could be in Hong […]
They always had a second passport and offshore gold waiting
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand I’ve often said that I love spending time in Asia for one simple reason. While I love the big cities, the hustle and bustle, and the great food, there’s something pervasive in many Asian cultures: they’re aware of the world around them and adjust accordingly. Not long ago, I wrote about […]
From tumbleweeds to economic miracle: the next economic success stories
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand Sukhumvit is one of the busiest areas of Bangkok. Full of tourists, overpriced bars, and international chains from Domino’s to 7-Eleven at every turn, it’s part of what makes Bangkok such an international city. Walking around here can feel at times like Hong Kong or any other large metropolis with a […]
When money laundering laws go too far
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand I must have read a dozen travel blogs talking about the “scam” at the Cambodia-Thailand border yesterday. The Thai town of Poipet, in particular, has practically become an insider’s code word for border scams in the backpacking world. Fortunately, I escaped the twelve-hour overland trek from Siem Reap to Bangkok and […]
The cheap cost of living in Cambodia. You might be surprised.
Reporting from: Siem Reap, Cambodia This is the other side of Cambodia: laid back, more rural, more touristy. The economy in Siem Reap is based around the hordes of tourists that descend upon temples like Angkor Wat in the soon-to-arrive high season when the rain stops. Just a few minutes away from the shrines, many […]
The rise and fall of societies and the death of the Constitution
Reporting from: Angkor Wat – Siem Reap, Cambodia I love to walk, but I have to admit yesterday’s journey through the temples of Siem Reap – including Angkor Wat – has left my legs a bit sore. Not to mention all of the mosquito and ant bites. So, as I write this, I’m enjoying a […]
How one Cambodia entrepreneur made $1 million
Reporting from: Sofitel Hotel, Siem Reap, Cambodia The Explorer Lounge here at the Sofitel is quite something. One part indoor garden patio and one part luxury bar, it’s a meeting spot for some of the top players in town. Siem Reap is a world away from Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh. The largely seasonal […]
Is the Cambodia second passport a scam?
Dateline: Siem Reap, Cambodia In Khmer, Siem Reap literally means “Siam defeated”. It’s an old tribute to the great expansion of the Khmer Empire, which covered most of historical Indochina – and beyond – in Southeast Asia. One thousand years ago, little was being written about Europe. It was a backward place. Asia was where […]
Laws of motion and the history of offshore tax havens
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia In 1687, English mathematician Isaac Newton released his latest, and perhaps most widely known, findings. The Laws of Motion proposed – among other things – that for each action there is an equal and opposite reaction. The idea that two forces, when pressed against each other, go their own way. […]
David MacGregor on planting flags – Sep 14, 2013 Radio show
Nomad Capitalist Report Airdate: September 14, 2013 Topics discussed: Perpetual travel, government tyranny Guests: 0:00 Andrew discusses perpetual travel, what he’s seeing on the ground in Cambodia, and how you can be more involved in the show! He talks about why Cambodia may not be on the top of your list of places to live, […]
Is Cambodia the perfect frontier market to invest in?
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia The twenty-minute tuk-tuk ride to Phnom Penh’s north end was littered with new restaurants. Every time I’d tilt my head to look somewhere new, an “opening soon” sign – fully in English – grabbed my attention. As is the case in much of Southeast Asia, but especially here, flashy new […]
Is fear of the unknown stopping you from expatriation?
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It was a lazy weekend. I admit that – outside of meetings with investors here – I’ve been hunched over my MacBook practically 24/7 the last few weeks as we launch new products and promote our Passport to Freedom event in January. Yesterday was not much of an exception. After […]
The growing impact of emerging economies consumers
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia I got to talking with one of my waiters the other day, and discussed what life is like here. Service staff can make as little as $80 a month, and most who speak English earn $100-150 a month. With that, they can live a halfway decent life here in the […]
Why Chinese millionaires are internationalizing their assets
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It’s an open secret in many parts of the world that the leaders at the top, and their families, have offshore bank accounts to protect themselves against the currencies that they themselves are busy devaluing. It’s the very definition of tyranny: imposing one set of draconian, soul-sucking rules on your […]
Why I choose flight over fight
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Last month in Vietnam, a local business owner told me a story about doing business with the Vietnamese. He talked about just how important the concept of “face” is in business there. No one wants to feel like they got taken advantage of in a deal. And some people there […]
Cambodia’s microfinance institutions: small banks, big interest rates
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Let’s discuss the cost of freedom. No, I’m not talking about political speak for sending soldiers to war to kill people in other sovereign countries, or that we should worship our government. I’m talking about the cost of time and energy to ensure that you keep your freedom in the […]
The government slaves that couldn’t get a Cambodian passport
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia I’m not a big fan of the United Nations. If you don’t know just how ridiculous, condescending, and useless the UN is, go take a tour of their New York building, where some pasty white girl named Doha will show you around in her authentic African maxi shirt that she […]
Investing in Cambodia: as easy as getting washed away?
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It rained yesterday. In most parts of the world, that might not be much of a statement. After all, 242 trillion gallons of rain are dropped on the planet in any given day, most of it here in the tropics. I can’t say I was too upset about the rain. […]
Offshore banking options shrink as another Isle of Man bank closes
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia I have an appointment at the US consulate here in Phnom Penh today. I fully expect to be subjected to ridiculous rules, long wait times for my “appointment”, condescending staff, and even more fun. Why? Because large, cumbersome governments get a real thrill out of treating you like their slave. […]
Don’t let travel warnings stop you from visiting Cambodia
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia I believe we are creatures of habit. As human beings, we’re easily influenced by what other people tell us. Despite a desire to cater to logic, it’s easy to get bogged down by thoughts entirely built up by emotions. We make decisions based on thoughts of scarcity, fear, and greed. […]
A reminder of big government power and Manifest Destiny
Reporting from: Bavet, Cambodia I’ve always found borders to be an interesting thing. As an eight year old, I would stand in my bedroom and stare at the large world map my mother hung on the wall, wondering “why is that country so much smaller than that one?” Understanding history is an essential part of […]
Expat entrepreneurs and venture capital in Vietnam
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Like most entrepreneurs, I still remember exiting my first business. I got what was, at the time, a lot of money for me. While I realized the amount wasn’t life-changing nor was I going to retire to a villa at the Four Seasons, I felt good about it. […]
Are white people and expats in Asia really worshipped?
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam I spent Sunday night excitedly watching a discussion unfold on Facebook. The only thing missing was popcorn. (Microwaves aren’t so common here.) A Western female expat living here in Ho Chi Minh City posted a comment on Facebook about where to find expat men who were willing to […]
Is “transparency” overrated? Is political corruption good?
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam There’s a notion in the western world that “transparency” – a word largely co-opted by western governments to prove their superiority to the rest of the world – is the best way for a government to operate. In reality, the idea that government is “transparent” just means there’s […]
How I was robbed at the grocery store… by Vietnam currency
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam A lot of people I talk to ask about the struggles of handling everyday tasks in a foreign land, where a foreign language is spoken. How will the taxi drivers understand where I want to go? How will I get my laundry done? How will I shop at […]
Are Taxes the Price We Pay for Civilization?
Last updated October 15, 2020 Dateline: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam US Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. claimed: “Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” But are they? Ask any progressive and they’ll tell you that the work of government is never done. There’s always another reason for the hand […]
Americans Renounce Citizenship at Record Levels Now
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam They say water seeks its own level. Perhaps that’s why thousands of US citizens are handing in their US passports at the local embassy and saying “Thanks, but no thanks”. They’ve joined the fast-growing movement of Americans who have chosen to renounce citizenship. In just the second quarter […]
How to get your passport cancelled, courtesy of the IRS
Reporting from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Before the United States failed to stop the spread of communism in the Vietnam War, it also failed to stop it ninety miles off its coastline. On the heels of the Escambray Rebellion in the 1960s in Cuba, those who were switching alliances against Castro and his communist […]
Cubicle vs. Online Business: When $50,000 Isn’t the Same
[Editor’s Note: Pete Sisco, author of The Freedom App, is filling in for Andrew today while he’s touring real estate in Vietnam.] Reporting from: Pattaya, Thailand Fifty thousand dollars is an arbitrary number. But let me ask you which is better: a $50,000 a year salary, or an online business earning $50,000 a year? Pick […]
The free market, not government, created this recycling program
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam It was a long day of interviews, meeting new contacts, and visiting with expat entrepreneurs here in Ho Chi Minh City yesterday. After it was all over, I made a beeline for a great Indian restaurant I’d been dying to try to eat my first real meal of […]
Keynesian economics would hate Vietnam’s savings rate
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, US President George W. Bush had a stroke of genius. No, it wasn’t going in and bombing a sovereign nation that had won ever war a major superpower threw at them. No, it wasn’t going in and bombing the OTHER sovereign nation […]
Geoarbitrage and the ultimate productivity hacks
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Notorious American industrialist J. Paul Getty once said, “I would rather benefit from 1% of the efforts of 100 people that from 100% of my own.” As an entrepreneur, it’s often easy to feel like you’re doing things all alone. In the western world, the stress levels of […]
Shadow statistics: why government statistics are lies
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The idea of a census has been around for thousands of years. The Babylonians are believed to have taken the first government census over six thousand years ago. As the years went by, these censuses quickly went from rationing food amongst the tribe to being tools for the […]
Thank You for Smoking: A Vietnam Smoking Ban No One Follows
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam This past Saturday night, the scene was dizzying. The taxi driver here in Ho Chi Minh City didn’t know where the relaxed, chill “Skybar” was, so he dropped me off at another nightclub. A loud club. A club with pulsing laser lights flashing in every direction. The type […]
How cheap is the cost of living in Vietnam for expats?
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam It must have been my lucky day. But I’m not a thief, so I left empty-handed. Walking down one of the main streets in Ho Chi Minh City’s central District 1, I came upon a stash of Patek Philippe watches left right on top of a glass display […]
The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: how to get screwed
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam In 1725, a Swedish man sat in the bedroom of his mansion, gun to his head. He was Simon Affleck, a tax collector appointed by the King of Sweden to shake money from peasants in Swedish-controlled Finland. He was so feared and so ruthless, he was named “The […]
The Best Places in the World for Custom Suits
Last updated September 16, 2020 Dateline: Hoi An, Vietnam There are a few rules I try to live by. One of them is to be well-dressed and presentable, even if it has gone out of fashion among Americans in favor of wearing pajamas on an airplane. To me, there’s nothing quite like a great custom […]
Nationalism made them slaves in life… and death
Reporting from: Hue, Vietnam The Citadel here in Hue is the central part of the city, and the basis from which the rest of the city grew. As the capital city of Vietnam’s Nguyen Dynasty from 1802-1945, Hue played an important role in politics in that era. And the Citadel was entirely off limits to […]
Why I prefer small countries and limited government
Reporting from: Hue, Vietnam You wouldn’t guess by looking at it, but this small city in Central Vietnam was the imperial city of the entire country under the last ruling dynasty. In 1802, Emperor Gia Long ascended to the throne. For the next 143 years, his family’s Nguyen Dynasty would rule Vietnam. However, it would […]
The Hanoi Hilton: why you shouldn’t trust a surveillance state
Reporting from: Ha Noi, Vietnam Some people are willing to forgive anything the government does. While I tend to avoid engaging with a lot of tourists while I travel, I happened to end up having lunch next to a couple of Americans the other day. Amazingly, things got political rather quickly, and we ended up […]
Halong Bay and investing in Vietnam infrastructure
Reporting from: Ha Long Bay, Vietnam The views in Halong Bay are gorgeous. Think Norwegian fjords meet tropical jungle and warm waters. So you must forgive me for the lateness and brevity of this post; there are so many gorgeous views to see and swimming, kayaking, and partying to do that it would be a […]
Is this third-world country the best example of voluntarism?
Reporting from: Ha Noi, Vietnam I almost got killed today. Actually, I almost got killed a lot of times. If I had to guess, I’d say it was close to 87. Truth is, I lost count after a dozen or so. Crossing the street in Vietnam is quite the task. It requires laser-like precision and […]
Vietnam’s entry tax is a more honest tourist tax
Reporting from: Ha Noi, Vietnam I arrived in Vietnam from Hong Kong on Saturday night, just missing the beer fest that seems to take over the central city’s bustling Lan Kwai Fong party district. As more of an oenophile, it’s probably a good thing. The flight down here was great. Flying in this part of […]
The citizenship lottery and Best Places to Be Born
Reporting from: Tai O, Hong Kong On a short cab ride yesterday, I told the driver which hotel to take me to. He grunted and started driving away. I tried to hand him a paper with the address in Cantonese, but he wouldn’t accept it. When I asked my travel companion, in English, if the […]
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