Argentine president Cristina Kirchner is on a desperate campaign to cover up the gravity of her failures. It's how Argentina money has become totally worthless. Increasingly...
Why not to invest in Spain (when a country disrespects capital)
There's something reassuring about the honesty of capital. When a country loses all respect for that system, bad things are bound to happen. Take Spain, for example. It's nothing...
How population trends will shape emerging and frontier markets
For me, the vastly changing world economy is so obvious. That's why we focus on global megatrends that explain just how the future will play out. This century will see a powerful...
How Iran is Using Bitcoin to Fight Hyperinflation
Technology always wins the race against less agile governments. Such is the case in Iran, where peer-to-peer crypto e-currency Bitcoin is enabling locals to conduct world...
How Big Government robbed Turks and Caicos
There's a mutiny in the Parliament of Turks and Caicos, the Caribbean island chain which owes allegiance to the UK as a British Overseas Territory. Specifically, the United...
The Five Most Underestimated Economies
To those in the west, the world's emerging and newly developed economies are often incorrectly seen as "third world", "corrupt" or "backward". Many people just don't understand...
Obama should learn a lesson from Singapore on income inequality
Who could have predicted that last night's State of the Union address by President Obama would be a rallying cry for more of the same populist dogma that seems to plague the west...
Citizenship-based taxation: Just the US and a war-torn country
Reporting from: Los Angeles, California I love economic competitiveness among governments. That's why I had always wanted to speak with someone from the only place on earth that...
Big brother will not protect your retirement funds
History is a great teacher. And if there is one thing you should have learned, desperate, bankrupt governments will always look for an easy and political palatable way out. One...
The wait for capital controls is over
The day you always knew coming has now arrived. Capital controls are here. If you're a reader of this site, chances are you knew that. Western governments and the U.S. in...
Your government is telling you to become a perpetual traveler
If you didn't have a reason to become a perpetual traveler, you should have one now. It shouldn't shock anyone reading that sovereign debt is a huge problem for governments...
Why you should consider becoming a farmer in South America
I recently had dinner with several savvy investors. At the end of the meal, each gave one word that they felt best represented the global economic trends in the next twenty-five...
How Your Bank Account Could Be Stolen with One Keystroke
It was an ordinary day several years ago when I logged into one of my business bank accounts. I was expecting a transfer and knew exactly how much the balance should be....
How 100 years connects Argentina and Mongolia
Yesterday, I wrote about how Argentina has fallen from one of the world's richest nations just 100 years ago, to a spending much of the last eight decades in decay. Once...
The Argentina paradox and modern asset confiscation
If you pay any attention to the news, you’ve no doubt be reading a lot about Argentina and the Falkland Islands debacle. Whatever you think about the Falkland Islands debacle, I...
Some people just don’t get it…
With a new year comes new resolutions. I've endeavored to spend more time visiting developing countries, finding opportunities in frontier lands, and exposing myself to...
How to earn the $10 Trillion Prize by investing overseas
I'm writing from Las Vegas where I'm wrapping up a brief stay. Remember the $3.99 shrimp and prime rib buffets that used to dot the city here? They're long gone as...
The real lesson behind the USA’s offshore tax crackdown
I've recently been talking with some of the top experts on FATCA, the USA's far-reaching new law that effectively makes every foreign financial institution an unpaid tax...
