Dateline: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia Too many folks who are going offshore for the first time make one big mistake that ends up costing them a lot of problems, money, and even legal...
The Greek bank run: prepare to lose your money, Grexit or not
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia If you spent the weekend in Athens or anywhere else in Greece, chances are your attempts to withdraw cash were met with the message that "This...
Investing in Jakarta real estate: opportunity or turmoil?
Dateline: Semarang, Indonesia Jakarta’s real estate market has been in turmoil for several years now, undergoing the biggest increase in real estate prices of any world city, in...
When governments do THIS, your business loses money
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Doing business in much of the world today is a huge challenge. For example, the guys at the World Bank have somewhat consistently been...
How to affordably ship your gold and silver overseas
Dateline: Singapore Update 2023: Previously we've discussed tips on buying gold and the best countries to store your gold, but moving it there, that's another story. So in this...
Buying farmland in Paraguay, Uruguay, and Brazil
Dateline: Atlantida, Uruguay Andrew has long outlined the benefits of farmland investment, not only in Asia but especially in South America. Although land prices have...
Investing in Nigeria: Africa’s fastest growing country
Dateline: Lagos, Nigeria Nigeria probably isn’t the first country that comes to mind when searching for a lucrative foreign real estate market. It is, however, a market with a...
What Is A Private Bank Account? And How to Get One
Last Updated July 25, 2020 Dateline: Warsaw, Poland One of the biggest challenges in the world of offshore strategies and flag theory is one that many other businesses face. The...
How To Prepare For A Financial Disaster With Financial Emergency Preparedness
Many of us have lived in a geographic location that may be subject to some form of natural disaster. Earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and even heavy rain or snowfall can cause...
Why Banking with HSBC Hong Kong is No Longer Appealing
Dateline: Barcelona, Spain Admittedly, I’m not a “movie guy”, but one of my favorite movies of all time is the James Bond flick, The World is Not Enough. In the first scene...
The new wealth tax on your bank account. Get ready for capital flight.
Dateline: Zagreb, Croatia This month, Australia has declared war on individual bank accounts, going so far as to propose a bank deposit tax. The idea of bankrupt governments...
How to secede from your country: a story of Venetian independence
Dateline: Venice, Italy In 421, wealthy merchants from Padua in what is now Italy founded the Republic of Venice to serve as a trading post on the Adriatic Sea. Back then, the...
How to balance risk and reward in Israel’s real estate market
The Israeli city of Tel Aviv is one of 12 cities that is likely to out-perform the prime world cities in terms of real estate value. The prices in these 12 cities are much lower...
Hong Kong and Singapore: Hubs for investors and entrepreneurs
Dateline: Hong Kong When thinking of some of the most stable, business-friendly, capitalist, and financially robust places in Asia, Hong Kong and Singapore are at, or very close...
Can Americans depend on Social Security? No, and here’s why…
Dateline: Tiraspol, Transnistria If you've ever visited the Cold War Museum in Berlin, you've seen first hand just what life in the former Soviet Union was like. Flickering...
Expats: Close Your Bank Account When Leaving the US
There’s a lot to think about when planning your move abroad, from visas and housing to healthcare. But one key aspect often gets overlooked: your bank account in the United...
The US population shift to the Sun Belt: Invest HERE, not there
Dateline: Bucharest, Romania I had two rather dichotomous conversations over the weekend that ended up at a rather similar conclusion. One of my calls was to a childhood friend...
Some of the cheapest real estate in the world thanks to a strong dollar
Dateline: San Marino As of today, I’ve now been to all five of Europe’s so-called “micro-states”: tiny sovereign countries ranging from 0.3 to 62 square miles in size. Each has...
Easy real estate profits… all thanks to crazy, bankrupt governments
Dateline: Monte Carlo, Monaco For years, Monaco has been a bastion of wealth and success. The Monte Carlo Casino in the city state’s main square is a legend of James Bond status....
Growing cities create investment opportunities in China
China’s economy grew 7.4% during 2014 and is still expected to grow at least 5% in 2015. This puts China on the top of fastest-growing economies in the world even...
