Dateline: Kuala Lumpur What happens if Joe Biden becomes president? A lot of people ask these questions during every election cycle. What will happen in the country? What will change? Do you want my two cents? You’re not going to see nearly as much change as you think whether Biden or Trump gets elected. Certainly, […]
Continue readingGovernment has announced a proposal to have schools reopen in September. At a press conference today in Belize city PM Barrow stated government wants preschool and primary schools to reopen Monday 7 September and secondary schools on Monday 5 October for distance learning only. Under the plan paper workbooks will be developed and distributed to […]
Continue readingDoug Casey’s Note: There aren’t too many newsletters that I can recommend wholeheartedly. Chris MacIntosh’s is one of the few. It covers the entire investment waterfront, it’s thoughtful and well-written. Let me add I’m completely on the same page with Chris and his views. I urge you to read what he has to say. International Man: […]
Continue readingDoug Casey’s Note: There aren’t too many newsletters that I can recommend wholeheartedly. Chris MacIntosh’s is one of the few. It covers the entire investment waterfront, it’s thoughtful and well-written. Let me add I’m completely on the same page with Chris and his views. I urge you to read what he has to say. International Man: […]
Continue readingI think there are really only two good reasons for having a significant amount of money: To maintain a high standard of living and to ensure your personal freedom. There are other, lesser reasons, of course, including: to prove you can do it, to compensate for failings in other things, to impress others, to leave […]
Continue readingA little-recognised fact about the Russian revolution is that it was financed by US financial and industry leaders, through operatives in the US State Department. On the face of it, this seems absurd, as business interests are presumed to support capitalist, not communist regimes. So let’s have a closer look. The Federal Reserve was incorporated […]
Continue reading8 Offshore Banking Trends. No one saw 2020 coming, at least not in the present form. Many thought it would be a year much like what has gone before. With the advent of COVID-19, sectors of the financial community are learning to navigate in a new and strange world. Offshore banking institutions have proven to […]
Continue readingMany believe July 2020 was one for the gold history books, but it wasn’t even a top 10 move in gains for gold historically. Gold’s big move to an all-time U.S. dollar high last month was the 23rd-best spot monthly return. Let that sink in. A new all-time high was hit, and yet the “big” […]
Continue reading11 Reasons For an Escape Artist to Own an Online Business. In my experience as an expat for more than thirty years and as a ‘permanent traveller’ for more than twelve years, I’ve discovered that the people who are interested in websites like EscapeArtist are people who seriously value one thing — freedom of choice! They […]
Continue readingThe Best Expat Country Just Got a Massive Economic Boost. How many countries would you need to sample living in before you could claim one of them as the ‘best?’ I’ve lived in about a dozen and completed the legal immigration process in four of them. But none of those four (US, Belize, UK, Ireland) […]
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