Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Look outside the large windows in my home here in Kuala Lumpur and you'll see all kinds of developments going up. To be honest, spending almost...
Why US Citizens Can’t Open Offshore-Only Brokerage Accounts
It’s not easy to find an effective offshore forex broker as a United States citizen – in fact, it’s one of the (numerous) drawbacks of US citizenship. Many Americans...
One-third of the Dow is Losing Money. It Will Get Worse.
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia When I helped a former business partner of mine start a company in the alternative financial services industry, I remember he would tell me that...
The birthday card that reaffirmed my faith in emerging markets investing
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I learned an interesting business lesson over the weekend. To celebrate my thirtieth birthday, I took a few of our Nomad Capitalist team members...
Why western property values are set to collapse (just like the currency)
Dateline: Singapore Singapore's open policy to immigrants has made it one of the wealthiest countries and freest economies in the world. Millions have flocked to this island...
Five magic words for investing in high yield real estate overseas
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Seventeenth century Holland was ruled by a class of wealthy patricians known as the regenten. Similar to Rome's patricians, the regenten was a...
What the most famous Ponzi scheme in history looks like
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia Just drive around Phnom Penh and you'll see something a bit surprising. I reported the other day that, in less than one year, an entire new round...
Five reasons I’m investing in Cambodian real estate
Dateline: Phnom Penh, Cambodia It's been eleven months to the date since I last departed Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh. To say that this city, and this country, is no...
The overheating Philippines condo market
Dateline: Century City, Makati, Philippines Walking out of my apartment building here in Manila this morning, I noticed a store I didn't even see yesterday. Or the day before. Or...
Is the time of maximum pessimism the best time to buy?
Is the time of maximum pessimism the best time to buy? Investors around the world have made fortunes buying when "blood is in the streets" in places like Cambodia. Dateline: An...