OFFSHORE TRUSTProtect your assets, reduce your taxes, increase your investment freedom, and more with an offshore trust.Admit it. You’ve always thought that an offshore trust is...
Three Historical Reasons to Leave the US
I made the last-minute decision to fly down to Italy’s Cinque Terre this weekend. There is nowhere else quite like the five gorgeous towns that make up this part of Italy’s...
Five offshore banking countries Americans should avoid
Dateline: Wroclaw, Poland For years, the United States and its cronies at the OECD have led a campaign to shut down offshore banking countries that didn't goose-step along with...
8 Expat-Friendly Countries with No Capital Gains Taxes
If there’s one rule we follow at Nomad Capitalist, it’s that everyone should go where they’re treated best. That conviction and how to find legal ways to help people achieve is...
Do Anonymous and Numbered Offshore Bank Accounts Exist?
Last Updated July 25, 2020 Dateline: Helsinki, Finland Who would have thought that bankrupt governments would get so many benefits out of drug dealing, terrorism, and money...
The 5 Best Countries to be Born in for 2014
Our sense of nationalism makes us think that, wherever it was we were born, that place is "the best". Of course, statistically, only one place can be the best. We can let our...
Just how bad can an immigration checkpoint be?
Has airport security become a threat to personal freedom? Dateline: O'Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois I have to admit, I'm glad to be flying out of the USA today. While it's nice...
Jeju Island: Where Anyone Can Get a Residence Visa
It's barely a one-hour flight from Seoul's Incheon airport to the capital city of the self-governing Jeju Island off the southern coast of the Korean peninsula. They call it the...
Top 10 Countries for Medical Tourism and Overseas Healthcare
Medical procedures are a fact of life. Whether answering a medical emergency or resolving a more elective desire, many of us know someone – a family member, a friend, a...
How to avoid the coming global wealth tax
Dateline: Singapore While Singapore isn’t exactly my cup of tea as a permanent residence, it’s always a pleasure arriving here for business. I flew to Singapore from Indonesia...
The Best Offshore Havens for Bank Secrecy
Last updated November 14, 2020 Bank secrecy has long been a target of international groups opposed to offshore tax havens. The argument goes that if governments don’t know who...
Why is the United States called America?
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand To be honest, I didn't even realize today was Columbus Day. I guess any excuse for lazy government workers to take a paid day off and celebrate...
What Will happen if the US government goes bankrupt?
https://nomadcapitalist.com/finance/quantitative-easing-americas-newest-export/Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand The Thai government's 38% debt-to-GDP ratio looks like drastic...
From tumbleweeds to economic miracle: the next economic success stories
Reporting from: Bangkok, Thailand Sukhumvit is one of the busiest areas of Bangkok. Full of tourists, overpriced bars, and international chains from Domino's to 7-Eleven at every...
Laws of motion and the history of offshore tax havens
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia In 1687, English mathematician Isaac Newton released his latest, and perhaps most widely known, findings. The Laws of Motion proposed - among...
The government slaves that couldn’t get a Cambodian passport
Reporting from: Phnom Penh, Cambodia I'm not a big fan of the United Nations. If you don't know just how ridiculous, condescending, and useless the UN is, go take a tour of their...
The Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program: how to get screwed
Reporting from: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam In 1725, a Swedish man sat in the bedroom of his mansion, gun to his head. He was Simon Affleck, a tax collector appointed by the King...
No Currency Restrictions or Reports in Hong Kong
Dateline: Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal Update 2020: This article was originally written in 2013 when I first began traveling and exploring offshore options around the world. To...
4 Reasons to Use A Hong Kong Corporation for Your Business
Dateline: Hong Kong I often ponder why anyone with an internet or location-independent business sets up shop in their own country. Especially someone who lives in a place as...
“You’re dead to me”, Love, the United States Government
In 1851, American physician Samuel Cartwright dreamt up a racist bit of psychology to explain why black slaves were fleeing the plantation. Drapetomania, as he called it, was...
