Dateline: Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Let’s talk about cheap real estate. Whenever I talk about ultra-cheap properties in countries like Georgia, Cambodia, Armenia, or Egypt, people often ask why they shouldn’t just buy properties for the same cost in countries like Italy or Spain instead. After all, those countries are more developed. When looking to invest […]
Continue readingIn 2006, Chile elected its first woman president, a socialist, Michelle Bachelet. Hopes were high that a dramatic change in both gender and political view might revitalize Chile. It did not. The experiment was a dramatic failure and only four years later, Chile switched sides and elected a conservative billionaire businessman, Sebastián Piñera. At that […]
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Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia While designing their offshore strategies, many of my clients ask me where they can get second citizenship in Asia. The matter pops up often enough that I thought it worth addressing here. I can see why there is an appeal to getting citizenship in Asia. On the one hand, people hear […]
Continue readingIt’s really common to hear the word malpractice thrown around if you’re working in medicine. However, doctors aren’t the only people who lose hundreds of thousands of dollars to malpractice lawsuits—accountants, realtors and plenty of others are also at risk. It’s not necessarily incompetence that leads to malpractice lawsuits; sometimes, it’s negligence or generally an […]
Continue readingCOVID-19 shut down Belize tourism in March. But there’s hope on the horizon for Belize’s main foreign exchange earner, and the thousands who’ve been jobless for three months now. The Prime Minister held a press conference advisors to announce the date for the tourism re-opening at a virtual press conference this morning. (Image Credit Belize […]
Continue readingInternational Man: Recently, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said the central bank’s money printing is designed to help average Americans, and not Wall Street. What’s your take on this? David Stockman: Yes, and if dogs could whistle, the world would be a chorus! The truth is, in an economy encumbered with nearly $78 trillion of debt […]
Continue readingWhilst the USA is constantly tightening its border control, Chile has done quite the opposite. It continues to relax its borders and has largely made it far easier for immigrants to start up here. As well as being an expat-friendly country, the climate is comfortable and the landscape spectacular. Frankly, it’s no wonder us Americans […]
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Dateline: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia If you want to learn how to find a good real estate deal, avoid the crowds. Any asset works under the laws of supply and demand – the more attention an asset receives and the longer this happens, the likelier it is the price has been bid up. This doesn’t mean […]
Continue readingAnother day, another data breach… or so it seems when news of massive new data breaches appears in the news. As technology progresses it becomes easier to house and analyze increasing quantities of data, with a corresponding increase in the scale of cyberattacks. Data breaches damage business reputations and hurt consumers in many ways. The […]
Continue readingYou’re likely aware that I’m a libertarian. But I’m actually more than a libertarian. I don’t believe in the right of the State to exist. The reason is that anything that has a monopoly of force is extremely dangerous. As Mao Tse-tung, lately one of the world’s leading experts on government, said: “The power of […]
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