The lure of international expansion for US citizens often masks a hidden danger – unexpected social security tax liabilities. Many businesses, particularly US citizens...
How to invest in Asia: Emerging market investment strategies
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia One thing I’ve learned over the years since I left the US to explore the world is that there is no end to the opportunities for investment and business...
And the winner of the global debt contest is…
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia The world has a debt problem. This is old news. People have been talking about world debt issues for years now, so I’m not going to rehash all the...
How to Get Your Social Security Benefits While Living Overseas
The U.S. government doesn't formally track how many US citizens live overseas, perhaps because it’s such a hard number to calculate. However, recent estimates put the figure at...
How and where to invest in Mongolia
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia Mongolia has been on my radar for some time. Only recently, however, did I decide to get the advice of leading experts who work and invest in Mongolia...
What’s The Best Way to Transfer Money Internationally?
In today’s mega-globalized world, it is no surprise that people increasingly have the need to transfer money internationally. The need is usually much stronger for people who...
A New World Requires New Tools and Services
Dateline: Oslo, Norway + Budapest, Hungary I’m starting this article at the airport in Oslo, Norway. I’ll finish and send it from a hotel room in Budapest, Hungary. Thirty years...
When Diversifying Investments, Timing is Everything
Guest author, Peter St. Onge, Ph.D. is a former hedge-fund manager, Mises Institute Fellow, and an Assistant Professor at Fengjia University College of Business. He blogs at...
How I lost $5,000 investing in the Laos Rice Bank
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia Last week, I told you about how I bought cattle land here in Georgia for little more than a song and a dance. I'm a big fan of investing in agriculture...
How to Invest in Frontier Markets | Read The Ultimate Guide
Dateline: Valencia, Spain I’ve been in Spain for the past several weeks. It’s one of the first times in months I’ve spent time in the western “developed” world. Before Spain, I...
