For many people, the New Year’s Eve hangover had barely passed when the real headache of 2024 began to kick in… First it was the Iowa caucuses, then this week’s New Hampshire primary, and now we’re barreling towards the South Carolina showdowns. 2024 has been dubbed the biggest election year in history by The Economist, [...]
Driving down the peninsula on smooth roads baked by the tropical sun, it suddenly struck me that I hadn’t been to Placencia in southern Belize in nearly 10 years. As I came closer to the end of my journey, there I was, stunned by what I found. High-quality developments, great restaurants, a friendly atmosphere that [...]
I’m going to let you in on some of my secrets today… some tips for finding the best people to work with on your overseas journey… Developing an advisory infrastructure—that is, legal, financial, tax, banking, and structures resources—in the places where you want to live or invest overseas is critical to building a globally diversified [...]
We’re all looking for a “sure thing.” An investment we know is going to make us money—no matter what. Not long ago, people thought the stock market could only go up. The S&P 500 in 2022 showed—yet again—why you should never rely on stocks to always go up. The market was down nearly 20% for [...]
Big news from one of my favorite offshore havens—the country where Kathleen and I spend most of our time (and base our business)… Last week, Panama’s Supreme Court made a ruling with major implications. Panama has faced weeks of protests over the government’s renewal of a contract with Canadian corporation First Quantum, which operates the [...]
“Where will people buy their groceries?” That was the first question one of the civil engineers we engaged asked at the very beginning of the planning for our residential development on the Azuero Sunset Coast of Panama—Los Islotes. She had never been to this part of the country, but she knew it didn’t have much, [...]
We live in uncertain times. Times of political turmoil, climate change, economic crisis, and war. Only the strongest nations shall survive… Or will they? The reality is not what it seems. The ability of a country to absorb shocks and survive is not always directly related to its wealth or military power. The Simon Letter [...]
Sometimes people wonder why they should attend a Live And Invest Overseas conference, when they’re already receiving updates like this letter on a regular basis… Well, for one thing, there’s no substitute for meeting our experts in person. You get to break bread with them, ask them any question you like—and get an answer right [...]
Years ago I heard a definition of “wealthy” that has stuck with me. Being wealthy, the thinking goes, is having enough passive income to cover your living expenses. I know people who make a lot more money than I do each year, but they aren’t wealthy. Some of them are living paycheck to paycheck. They […]
Never before in the history of the United States has your wealth been more vulnerable than it is right now… This is not true for the super-rich only. It’s true no matter who you are and regardless how much wealth you’ve managed to build for yourself. The bad news is that there’s more hardship to [...]
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