Dateline: Klaipeda, Lithuania Earlier this year, Latvia — Lithuania’s Baltic state neighbor to the north — gave up the Latvian lat and adopted the common Euro currency. Normally,...
Tulum: the next big real estate investment in Mexico
Dateline: Merida, Mexico The flight from Mexico City was about as good as one can get. Interjet is one of the newer airlines in Mexico challenging the Aeromexico monopoly, and...
The Cheapest Ocean View Real Estate in Central America
Dateline: San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Surf season is in full force here. You can tell by the fact that hotel owners are getting heady: I paid all of $30 for a decent room near...
How to buy and invest in Nicaragua real estate
Dateline: Managua, Nicaragua I just got what could be one of the most insulting emails of my life. Like you, I spent years trapped in the notion that I should keep everything I...
Two currency diversification plans to consider in 2014 and beyond
Dateline: Taipei, Taiwan I'm a fan of gold and other ways of protecting my hard-earned capital from the "easing" policies of the Fed and others. In fact, several hours of our...
How to Buy Gold… And Why to Avoid US Gold Coins
Dateline: Davao, Philippines Today, Butuan - located on the other side of the island of Mindanao - is just another third-tier city in the Philippines. However, long before the...
Invest in Agriculture in Philippines without Getting Dirty
Dateline: Manila, Philippines As central banks continue to push the “Copy” button on their printers, and the world population continues to grow, we’ve become a bigger fan of...
Philippine Pesos: Ones Reason to Make Real Estate Investment Philippines
Dateline: Manila, Philippines It’s been eight months since I was last here in the Makati central business district of Manila. It’s amazing how much has changed since then....
The 5 Best Gold Bullion Coins for Global Citizens
Last updated October 15, 2020 Buying gold bullion is a good way to diversify your assets out of fiat currencies. However, your home country's world view may be putting your gold...
How to buy Malaysian real estate as a foreigner
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia It's no secret that I'm a fan of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In fact, I like it so much that I dubbed it the third most livable city in booming...
Are high interest rates on emerging market currencies worth it?
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Jim Rickards recently said that with the central bankers' madness infecting the Australian dollar, there were only three strong, stable...
Buying Foreign Real Estate to Get Airbnb Rent Yields
Reporting from: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia A few months ago, I met with several expat entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Among all of the business talk, they threw out one...
Should you invest in non-convertible currencies?
Reporting from: Nong Khai, Thailand - en route to Myanmar I have to admit, I screwed up yesterday. In my rush to get out my last meeting in Vientiane, Laos, and to the airport in...
Investing in Laos: the last of Asia’s true frontier markets?
Dateline: Vientiane, Laos It took Thai Airways one simple error to screw up my one-hour flight yesterday. Nevertheless, I arrived in Udon Thani, Thailand - just a short hop from...
Is it too late to buy real estate in Thailand?
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand Property is all the rage here in Bangkok. In the last fifteen years or so, the country has seen a major recession, the bird flu and a coup. And,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
