It looked like 2023 was about to become another 2008. History repeating itself, fifteen years later… You probably watched the news at the time… After three banks collapsed in one week in America—including the second and third-largest banking failures in U.S. history (Silicon Valley Bank and Signature)—the FDIC and the Biden administration stepped in, guaranteeing [...]
I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our time in history. Cable news has got that beat covered. And in any case, I’m about finding opportunity (because I believe it can always be found) and organizing your life so you can enjoy what the world has to offer… even if you have [...]
Baby Thomas James Delehanty arrived into the world in 1963 Arizona. A couple months later, having been adopted, he became John Edward Portmann. In 2019, he decided to research his family tree. Although he had long known he was adopted, he was shocked when the DNA test he took revealed his ancestry to be 100% […]
How To Negotiate Overseas: Buying real estate overseas is nothing like buying real estate in North America. So it’s best to go into this process with realistic expectations. Here are some of the major differences that you should expect when buying real estate overseas: Language barriers. It’s likely that you will encounter a language barrier […]
I don’t need to remind you of the challenges of our time in history. Cable news has got that beat covered. And in any case, I’m about finding opportunity (because I believe it can always be found) and organizing your life so you can enjoy what the world has to offer, even if you have [...]
“Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.” ~ Roger Babson From time to time, an opportunity crosses my desk that’s simply a “no brainer.” What I’m going to tell you about today is one of those opportunities… Let me explain. There’s a company you’ve never heard of… They don’t [...]
I’ve been planting flags for more than 25 years at this point… long before I had ever heard about the Five Flags Theory or any of the other terms used to simplify the conversation about internationalizing one’s life. Some of my flags were accidental… or incidental at first… just part of life. My first offshore [...]
In the wake of the election result you’re probably feeling one of two ways about life in the U.S. I say think long-term and beyond home borders. Whatever your world view, a Plan B always makes sense. But that doesn’t mean turning your back on the U.S. I certainly haven’t. Heck, I own a home [...]
This week, a page turned in the U.S. history books… Whether you think it went forward, backward, want to frame it, or throw it in the fire, doesn’t really matter. It is what it is. Following on from Trump’s win, major U.S. stock indexes soared in afternoon trading. Banks, in particular, enjoyed a good day [...]
In a couple of days, a lot of people are going to be very upset, and a lot will be very happy. Let’s face it, whatever happens, it’s about to get crazy… And if you’re placing your happiness or sanity—or lack thereof—in the hands of the person set to take the White House this week, [...]
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