Dateline: Istanbul, Turkey “Please take one. Sir, take one... it’s poison.” So goes the call of sellers offering Turkish nuts, spices, and teas enticing passersby to try their...
Turkish businessman: “Our business grew 300% last year. A disaster, really.”
Dateline: Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul It has to be one of my favorite cities in the world. Situated at the confluence of Europe and Asia, Turkey has a long and fascinating history....
How to escape the death of money and government currency wars
Dateline: En route to Doha, Qatar It took until the sixteenth century in France, during the House of Valois, for the monarchy to gain total power. And it didn't take long before...
These 29 Countries Have All Introduced Corporate Tax Cuts Lately
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I read a recent headline that suggested that while some Malaysians are concerned about the country’s ongoing lowering of tax rates on individuals...
Spain’s economic crisis… and why the Land of the Free is next
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia When people asked me why I established an Asian hub here in Kuala Lumpur, my first answer is always the same: easy travel. Sure, Singapore and...
Who Won the Cold War? A Look at One Third World Country…
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Twenty-five years ago, the Berlin Wall fell, and an entire generation gained a sense of hope that an Age of Fascism and economic stagnation had...
Where to Find Personal and Banking Secrecy Offshore
If you were raised in the Western world, chances are you were raised to respect ‘the rule of law’. You were probably taught that good triumphs over evil and that government...
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...
Alpaca poop: the reason your government hates tax havens
Dateline: Labuan, Malaysia I'm in Labuan checking out what I've called one of the world's most underrated tax havens. The folks in peninsular Malaysia might not want someone...
