Monthly Archives: April 2020

7 Underrated Cities for Expats and Nomads

Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia With the whole world at your disposal, it doesn’t make sense to stay where you were born.  Several cities have become well known among nomads and expats as the place to be: Singapore, London – the usual suspects. And in nomad circles: Lisbon, Bangkok, and Medellin.  All of these are wonderful […]

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“Act Before Things Exist”

Over the decades that I’ve been an advisor to those who are hoping to diversify themselves internationally, I’ve met a large number of people who, either immediately or later, succeeded in creating a situation in which they were no longer “owned” by any one country. It’s a simple concept, really. You might reside in one […]

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The Most Stable Emerging World Currency

Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia If you want to increase the return on cash you hold in depository accounts, you can use emerging world banks to earn higher – even dramatically higher – rates of interest.  Here at Nomad Capitalist, we believe that well-positioned offshore banks are just as safe as many of the banks where […]

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How to Settle Down in Nicaragua as an Expat

Remember the guy who wrote Huckleberry Finn—Mark Twain? This is what he had to say about Nicaragua: “What a home one might make among their shady forest, their sunny slopes, their breezy dells, after he had grown weary of the toil, anxiety, and unrest of the bustling driving world.” And so many years after the […]

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Why I Hate Risk and How I Avoid It

 Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia I hate risk. This statement might seem strange coming from me.  People think I’m a traveling daredevil who has never had a ‘real’ job, who invests in dangerous markets and who is so flippant about what I already have that I renounced what people assume to be the best citizenship.  But […]

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Real Estate Investment Potentials in Mexico

Amazingly enough, the Mexican real estate market is booming right now generating some of the highest levels of international investor interest in the country’s history. Reports rolling out of investment firms that are managing real estate inflows into the country tell us that these companies are making huge profits off of real estate in the […]

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The Real Reason Russia Teamed up with China…Here’s What Comes Next for American Preeminence and the Dollar

Editor’s Note: Vladimir Pozner is Russia’s most influential political TV talk-show host, journalist and broadcaster. Pozner has hosted several shows on Russian television, where he has interviewed famous figures such as Hillary Clinton, Alain Delon, President Dimitri Medvedev and Sting. Pozner has appeared on a wide range of networks, including NBC, CBS, CNN and the […]

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An Expat’s Guide to Investing in Beachfront Property in Fortaleza

For those of you who’ve heard of Fortaleza,  you might remember hearing that the region has become increasingly overpopulated and congested. Today, things are looking considerably better, as the city begins to sprawl out over the Brazilian coastline and property development begins in earnest into areas that were untapped before. I’m talking about some of […]

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