Dateline: Bogota, Colombia Over the last century, many countries have tried taxing the wealthy at higher rates. More recently, there’s been a lot of buzz about a global wealth tax. The virus has put a lot of countries in extreme debt, pushing the issue of taxing the wealthy to cover expenses to the forefront. Just […]
Continue readingDoug Casey’s Note: It was good to hear from my old friend Francois. He sent along this stream-of-consciousness piece touching on a few African countries. I promise it gives a lot more of the flavor of backward parts of the Dark Continent than reading some report put out by the IMF. — by Francois Houdain […]
Continue readingKeeping learners interested in a class is a challenge for many teachers. Some students have a short concentration span, and others succumb to distractions during lessons. It takes effort to achieve the desired educational outcome. Whether you are dealing with elementary-level individuals, high schoolers, or college students, you need to identify ways to win their […]
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Dateline: Bogota, Colombia 2020 was a record year at Nomad Capitalist in terms of US citizens calling us to help them create not only a backup plan for citizenship and banking worldwide to protect themselves in the event that things got worse but also requesting our help to get them out of the US before […]
Continue readingInternational Man: President Biden’s Treasury Secretary—and Obama Fed Chair—Janet Yellen recently floated the idea of taxing unrealized capital gains through a “mark-to-market” mechanism. What is going on here? Doug Casey: When you tax unrealized capital gains—as they do with foreign stocks in a number of countries, like New Zealand, where it made my life expensive […]
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Dateline: Bogota, Colombia Panama as an offshore jurisdiction has been front and center in recent years as a result of the now-infamous Panama Papers leaks. With all the attention Panama is getting, there’s bound to be some rumors and fiction spread around. But let’s talk about reality. A lot of folks out there still have […]
Continue readingI have a longtime friend who lives in a small town and works for the biggest employer in that town. He told me how trapped he feels and how he basically has to go along with whatever is in the best interests of that company. There are local issues with the school, other businesses, politicians […]
Continue reading“If you catch 100 red fire ants as well as 100 large black ants, and put them in a jar, at first, nothing will happen. However, if you violently shake the jar and dump them back on the ground the ants will fight until they eventually kill each other. The thing is, the red ants […]
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Dateline: Bogota, Colombia Part of diversifying your assets is making smart choices when it comes to your investments. No one wants to invest in something that is sure to be a dud. Overseas real estate can be an excellent investment opportunity. But there’s a lot more to it than just finding the rent investment. How […]
Continue readingIf you could design the ideal business structure, it would look nothing like mining, where there are large upfront costs, many years before any revenue, and a highly cyclical product that determines the type of revenue. Having built your factory (in this case, the mine), you know it cannot simply be moved if the host […]
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