The economic powerhouse of Europe and, indeed, the world, Germany and its people have been through a lot – historically speaking. Wars, dictatorships, genocides… There has been so much turmoil in the country over the last century and a bit that it comes as no surprise to us that Germany has a citizenship by descent […]
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Did you just attend a family wedding where your long-forgotten aunt told you about your Croatian roots? Have you always known that your great-grandfather hails from this beautiful country? Or perhaps you’re here to find out whether you have what it takes to get Croatian citizenship by descent? You’re in the right place. For a […]
Continue readingWhen people first think about spending time outside of their home country the first things they see are all of the positives. That’s why they are attracted to the idea. Great weather. Relaxed lifestyle. Freedom from constraints. Life on your own terms. Those things are all true for expats. They are obtainable. And, in my […]
Continue readingIt seems that only 0.1% of the time during the last 70 years has the S&P 500 traded at a higher forward PE (price-to-earnings) multiple than it does today. That’s equal to 4 weeks out of the 3,640 weeks since 1950. In a world faced by COVID lockdowns, staggering amounts of debt, central bank money-pumping […]
Continue readingInternational Man: Due to COVID-19, almost every country in the world closed its borders. Over seven months later, most governments still restrict travel, economic activity, and social gatherings. You recently traveled internationally. How did it go? Doug Casey: I’ve been stuck in the backward but pleasant and peaceful little country of Uruguay for the last […]
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Dateline: Belgrade, Serbia For years, I’ve been saying college is, for many people, a waste. Conveniently, I too dropped out of school and never looked back. I grew up around the radio industry. When I was 19 years old, I decided to go ahead and start my very first business in radio. While I wasn’t […]
Continue readingFor the entire lives of anyone under the age of seventy-five, the US has been at the top of the heap in almost every way. For decades, it had greater freedom, greater prosperity and higher production than any other country in the world. America was a cornucopia – the centre for innovation and trends in […]
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A budget-friendly country in the Baltics might not be the place that you, a high-net-worth individual, might want to live in. But it would be foolish to give Latvia a miss when it comes to investing. The country is full of great real estate deals with some of the biggest growth potential in Europe right […]
Continue readingHere’s a trick to help visualize life outside the rat race. One of the insidious things about living in the rut year after year is it can rob us of the ability to even imagine being in a world outside of our boring routine and soul-draining circumstances. Inertia is a killer in this situation. One […]
Continue readingThe US is the most observed country in the world. Since it’s the world’s current empire (and since it is beginning its death throes as an empire), it’s fascinating to watch. Those of us outside of the US watch it like Americans watch TV. It’s like a slow-motion car wreck that we observe almost daily, […]
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