Dateline: Singapore In the internet age, buying gold is easy. Especially if you live in the United States, United Kingdom, or many European countries, gold dealers not only sell...
Five excuses not to move abroad, and how to overcome them
Dateline: Acapulco, Mexico Tra il dire e il fare c’e de mezzo il mare.(Between the saying and the doing is the span of the sea.)-Italian Proverb Most people want to do something...
There’s More Than One Way to Live Like An Expat | Read More
Dateline: Blackpool, United Kingdom After thirty years as an expatriate (with twenty years in one country) I’ve discovered there are basically three types of expats living...
How capital controls and a currency collapse bankrupted this country
Last updated: March 26, 2017 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Imagine the cost of everything you buy instantly going up by 30%. Overnight. I want that to sink in. Sure, a lot of...
Portugal’s Retirement Account Confiscation: Lessons Learned
Imagine waking up to find that the retirement savings you’ve diligently built over decades are suddenly at risk - not from market downturns, but from factors far beyond your...
The next Silicon Valley: why Forbes’ new tech cities are wrong
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Being back here in Asia is a breath of fresh air. As much as I love traveling and seeing the exciting opportunities in Central and South America,...
The Digital Nomad Lifestyle: Is it Really for Me?
This article is from Nomad Capitalist contributor Pete Sisco. Next month will be the nine-year anniversary of when I started being a digital nomad. In that time, my wife and I...
Political Payback: How the US Abuses Power to Punish Business
In a classic Hans Christian Andersen tale, two swindlers convince a vain emperor that they will create the most majestic suit of clothing for him. So majestic, they promise, that...
Things Singapore understands… but the West doesn’t
Dateline: Singapore Back in the year 1850, Singapore was a malaria-infested island at the southern tip of the British Straits Settlements. Chinese gangs ruled the city while drug...
Five reasons Panama is one of the freest countries in the world
Dateline: Panama City, Panama The flight down from Cancun was a comfortable reminder that airline service outside of the United States and Europe is the real "first world"...
The World’s Most Capitalist Countries
This article discusses how what we term ‘traditional Western capitalism’ has changed. It argues that capitalism no longer exists in its true form in any Western country, and...
How to invest in agriculture: 5 ways to invest like Jim Rogers
Dateline: Invercargill, New Zealand The fundamentals for investing in agriculture are becoming more and more compelling as the days tick by. The world needs to double its food...
Why you’ll never regret living, working and investing overseas
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia As one year comes to an end and another approaches, there is a healthy tendency to reflect on the past and plan for the future. That instinct to...
The world’s 5 most overvalued real estate markets
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Look outside the large windows in my home here in Kuala Lumpur and you'll see all kinds of developments going up. To be honest, spending almost...
Georgia: One of the Most Capitalist Countries in the World
Dateline: Tbilisi, Georgia I’m staring at what must be a 10-ounce pour of sweet Georgian wine at my dinner table in Tbilisi. If US restaurants call 7-ounce pours “generous”, then...
Offshore Gold Storage: How to Avoid Gold Confiscation
OFFSHORE GOLD STORAGEProtect your hard assets, avoid gold confiscation, and diversify your investment portfolio.Not all that long ago the US dollar, like most currencies, was...
As liberty declines, stop telling me what to think
[EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's field report is by Nomad Capitalist contributor Pete Sisco.] Dateline: Murcia, Spain I’ve always resisted being TOLD what to think. These days I...
Running an online business just got a lot harder for tax reasons
Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Running an online business is a great way to generate location independent income; money you can earn from anywhere on earth. That makes online...
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...
