Invest Offshore

Author: Aaron

  • Self-storage REITs ride economic boom

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    NEW YORK – You can’t always take it with you, and when you can’t you put it in storage. At least that’s what investors are betting as they put cash into self-storage real estate investment trusts. “So far this year, they’ve significantly outperformed,” said Tom Bohjalian, vice president of New York based Cohen & Steers…

  • Hot Commodity

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    LONDON – No one comes to this fascinating city for the food. But many, like San Diego-based Sempra Energy, come for the money that can be made here. While many back home associate Sempra with its San Diego Gas & Electric subsidiary, or perhaps with Southern California Gas Co., another wholly owned utility, commodity trading…

  • Jim Rogers’ Hedge Fund Tips

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    Investment guru Jim Rogers and other hedge fund managers see opportunities in global markets, including energy technologies. Looking for new and diversified investment opportunities for your hedge fund? Stay clear of India or Russia, but do start scrutinizing the commodity markets of China, Brazil, and Canada, where opportunities will abound over the next 10 years…

  • Tax-free investing

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    There are a number of ways investors can shield their money from the taxman. This British guide explains the various options starting with the most popular… Isas Individual Savings Accounts are the most common way of keeping your investments away from the taxman. They were introduced in April 1999 to replace Personal Equity Plans (PEPs)…

  • Merit in Diversity

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    Equities will be the core but bonds, cash and property all have merit in diversity Written 400 years ago, Miguel de Cervantes’ book Don Quixote de la Mancha contains advice well heeded by all investors: “Tis the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not venture all his eggs in…

  • What works?

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    You don’t want to go to jail. You don’t want to pay penalties. But you also don’t want to pay more tax than you have to-it’s not the American way. And your sister-in-law, your golf buddy or your business partner is touting a “your CPA probably doesn’t know this, but” way to pay less. How…

  • The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust IPO Raises $332 Million

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    RYE, N.Y.- March 29, 2005–Gabelli Asset Management Inc., (NYSE:GBL) today announced the initial public offering of common shares of the Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust, a new closed-end fund investing primarily in equity securities of gold and natural resources companies. The Fund intends to earn income primarily through a strategy of writing…

  • Commodity Strategists: Commodity Rally May Be Close to Peaking

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    The surge in commodity prices may be close to peaking, ending a four-year rally that included a range of raw materials from oil to copper to gold, said Daniel Chesler, an independent analyst who studies market patterns. The Goldman Sachs Commodity Index has failed to top the record it reached in October, gold is down…

  • Woman takes helm of China’s forex office

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    China has appointed a woman as the new director of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), a government source said Monday. Hu Xiaolian, a central banker and formerly the assistant governor of the People’s Bank of China, will take over from Guo Shuqing, who became chairman of the China Construction Bank last week. Guo…