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  • The Gold Futures Market

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    While it could be a good speculative investment, gold is usually a poor investment for conservative investors unless you are into writing puts or calls for additional income. The gold futures market is that much more dangerous. Gold futures contracts give the gold speculator the biggest bang for the buck. Similar to contracts for commodities,…

  • About personal tax avoidance

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    By Bill Cara – All the economic powers of the world are high rate income tax jurisdictions. Without lots of your money they wouldn’t have as much power. The United States is the only major country in the world that taxes its citizens globally, wherever they reside, in or out of the USA. Unlike citizens…

  • What a Trust Can Do

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    A trust may be created for any purpose that is not illegal or void as against public policy. A trust can hold title to and invest in real estate, cash, stocks, bonds, negotiable instruments and personal property. Trusts can provide care for minor children or the elderly; or pay medical, educational or other expenses. A…

  • Can Second Citizenship Reduce Taxes

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    There are eight criteria governments consider to determine your personal tax status. The most important of these are citizenship, residence, and domicile. In addition, your marital status, source of income, location of assets, timing, and status of beneficiaries may impact your tax status. Citizenship, the status of being a citizen of a specific nation state,…

  • Trader Wizard talks about Gold

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    By Bill Cara – The info on the new gold ETF is at this link. The ETF Fact Sheet is at this link. The GLD Prospectus (for U.S. investors only) is at this link. How to buy and sell GLD can be viewed at this link. If you are interested in buying a physical gold…

  • Investor Independence via ETFs — Part 5

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    There are probably twenty good reasons for chucking your mutual funds and replacing them with Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs). Let me give you three: ETFs perform better, manage risk better and cost less. If you are an active trader, let me give you another: you trade them exactly like you do stocks. So overwhelming are…

  • International Asset Protection Consultant Looks At The Nevis LLC

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    [box]We specialize in wealth protection, foreign asset protection trusts, international business corporations, worldwide investing, yacht registrations, and global banking.[/box] Limited liability companies (LLC) are legal structures that offer stronger protection to its owners than other forms of business ownership. Owners, called members, are only liable for their investment. No member is personally liable for debts…

  • Investor Independence via ETFs — Part 4

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    In the previous article, I stated that some investors ought to consider an all-ETF portfolio rather than continuing to invest in mutual funds, where 80% of you are falling behind the market averages due to under-performing portfolio managers and the high fees they charge. Depending on your risk profile, I believe that large-cap, blue-chip equity…

  • Tax Implications – US Tax Consequences

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    Unlike almost all other nations, the U.S. taxes all worldwide income of its citizens and of those persons with permanent U.S. resident status. Internal Revenue Code (IRC), section 61 states: “Except as otherwise provided . . .gross income means all income from whatever source derived . . .” The IRS and courts interpret this to…