Over the past several weeks, I’ve been working with our Live and Invest Overseas teams on the ground across the globe to create a road map for you for 2021. After one of the most uncertain and challenging years of
Preparing for the unknown… That’s the principle behind diversification. You can’t be sure that any stock pick you make will turn out to be the next Apple or Facebook… so you buy stock in different companies. You can’t be sure stocks will always go up (in fact, you can be sure they will not always […]
At my Offshore Wealth Virtual Summit last week, one attendee proudly commented that he was well into his flag-planting and had already taken several key steps toward internationalizing his life. He had a bank account in Panama… had made real estate investments in Panama… had actually moved to Panama… and was on his way to […]
Fundamentally, an offshore bank account allows you to remove some of your money from your home country’s banking system. That’s the big-picture upside. An offshore bank account, once in place, also can allow you access to alternative investment options not available back home… especially for Americans and Canadians. Through your offshore bank account, you can
I’ve spent the past two-and-a-half decades scouting the world for the best opportunities to make money while having some fun. Right now, I’d say that having options is a more critical agenda than it’s ever been… and that not having options leaves you exposed and
One important factor that makes Brazil particularly attractive to North Americans today is the extraordinary currency advantage. Right now, the dollar is trading at over 5 Brazilian reais. That means that everything from eating out to staying at a hotel to buying property comes at a significant discount. But these low property prices we’re seeing […]
I’ve written before about real estate investors writing in or coming up to me at conferences questioning my position on diversification of one’s real estate portfolio. Usually, they’re newer investors who haven’t seen the market or type of investment they focus on… fall. Two that I will always remember are the 20-something kid who invested […]
The Big 6—These Are The Key Issues To Address Before Moving To A New Country Over four days next month—Sept. 22-25—I’ll be co-hosting, alongside my wife and publisher Kathleen Peddicord, the biggest go-overseas event of the year. For our first-ever Retire Overseas Virtual Conference, Kathleen and I are bringing together more than 100 experts and [...]
My American Readers May Not Want To Hear This, But America Is Not The Greatest Country In The World I've been in the United States for a month, and I've had enough. It's not COVID-19 that has me wanting to bug out. Here in rural Illinois where I'm staying, virus case levels are low and [...]
I'm Not Waiting For The World To Find Its New Normal—Here's My Take-Charge Plan The pandemic crisis and restrictions we've been living through across the globe have reinforced my belief that it's critical to have a Plan B in place for you and your family that makes you as self-sufficient as possible. Global food supplies [...]
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