Stocks You Really Should Not Own As The U.S.- China Trade War Heats Up You’ve got to give it to Trump. He’s a tough negotiator… and not afraid to deliver on his threats. I’m impressed. It takes a lot of courage to walk away from high-level negotiations the way he has done almost nonchalantly. I’d [...]
I’m Thinking My Next Investment In Portugal Will Be… Driving from Lisbon to Lagos yesterday afternoon, as I’ve done several times in the past when coming to the Algarve for our annual Live and Invest in Portugal Conference, I was struck, again, by how beautiful the countryside is in this part of this country. Softly rolling [...]
3 Keys To Profits In The Current Market How many times has someone tried to sell you the "secret" to successful investing? Or entrée into some get-rich-quick scheme? Or whispered in your ear about "winning" indicators? If you're like me, then you've stopped counting... and you know that the investing game is neither quick nor [...]
Let me tell you about one of the best investing lessons I’ve ever learned. When I was in elementary school, my family vacationed in Pula, an old Roman city on the Croatian seaside. Right next to the old town were tall cliffs, many over 50 feet high. Youngsters like myself would prove their courage by […]
If you purchase a piece of real estate in another country, should you have the ownership documents issued in your name or, perhaps, in the name of a corporation? If a corporation, should it be a local company (formed in the jurisdiction where you’re purchasing) or one based somewhere else? I get these questions from […]
I Stand Accused—Seems I’ve Destroyed This Island In The Caribbean I spent 10 days in Belize this month, first hosting our sold-out Live and Invest in Belize Conference and then scouting new development projects on Ambergris Caye. It was my first trip to San Pedro in at least three years. As the old joke goes, [...]
Volatility Is Here To Stay—Here's How To Profit Earlier this month I introduced you to the guy I think of as my find of the decade. His name is Leon Wilfan. This is the guy I'm listening to as I work to expand my stock portfolio in the face of the current turmoil on Wall [...]
Agricultural production using aquaponics technology is on the rise… and so is the cost of investing in the opportunity that this fast-growing trend represents. Three years ago, in the course of my ongoing search for cash-flowing real estate opportunities, I identified a specific aquaponics project offering a turnkey option for individual investors projecting returns up […]
Why 2019 Is The Year I’m Getting Out Of Global Real Estate As a New Year's exercise last year, I ran the numbers for a rough comparison. I was wondering how the US$50,000 I had invested in real estate 20 years prior and rolled over in series into new properties over the course of ensuing [...]
6 Top Overseas Property Markets For 2019 As my Global Property Advisor Editor Samantha Russell laid out in her year-end round-up, 2018 has been very good to us global property investors. This past year we've positioned ourselves for profit from townhouses on the coast of Brazil... and long-term care homes in the U.K.... From turnkey rentals in Colombia, Portugal, and the Dominican Republic... [...]
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