Category: Collectibles
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Tips on Buying Diamonds for Pleasure and Profit
Everyone has at least one diamond. In 1477 A.D., Archduke Maximilian of Austria presented a diamond ring to Mary of Burgundy as a sign of their engagement. They have since become the number one symbol of love and marriage around the world. But what do we really know about them? Outside of being shiny, hard…
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New association focuses on alternative asset classes and ‘luxury’ investments
Standard Bank Wealth and Investment has established a relationship with Stanley Gibbons to provide access to a series of exclusive portfolio plans for discerning investors keen to benefit from the growth and stability of the alternative asset luxury investments market. The Stanley Gibbons Group plc is the world’s leading rare stamp and prestige collectibles merchant. The Channel…
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Here’s Hope For The New Year: Ancient Healing Arts Bring Personal Growth And Fulfillment Within Reach
Ocala, FL, December 2, 2015 – “It’s my hope that by sharing how I survived my darkest days, it will somehow inspire someone who has lost their way, or even their will to go on,” says Howard Beckman, author of Tempting the Devil in the Name of God: The Heavy Hand of Fate (Inspire On…
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Chinese investors surpassed Canadians in U.S. Residential Real Estate
A hundred years ago, Amadeo Modigliani painted a portrait of his wild British mistress splayed across a red velvet throw, nude, her hips arched, her kohl-rimmed eyes shut. The artist was hardly trying to play it safe Paris officials promptly shut down the show where the work was first exhibited. By contrast, the purchase of…
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Investing for Retirement
How do you successfully invest for retirement and beyond? At Invest Offshore, our goal is simple: Help you reach your financial goals by developing a personalized strategy for your retirement investments. Along the way, we will help you understand the benefits of our retirement money management solution compared to other investment vehicles, including annuities, ETFs…
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The Precious Gemstone Carpet
From the liquidation of a Swiss Trust, comes the most precious gemstone carpet on the market. It’s hard to imagine that another such item would even exist, although there are gemstone carpets made every day in India and elsewhere, nothing else in the world compares to this over-the-top gemstone masterpiece. Truthfully, I think everyone loves…
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How to Invest Offshore Post FATCA
For years, people have invested offshore to protect their investment. This was money that the government could not tax and could not attach to you. Many considered it the safest way to store your money. Recently, however, things are changing. FATCA, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, makes it harder for people to invest in offshore…
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Invest Offshore in Collectibles and avoid FATCA
Two days ago the colourful painting of two Tahitian women by Paul Gauguin was sold by a Swiss family foundation to a group of state museums in Qatar for nearly $300 million, a record sum for a single work of art. The price would best the roughly $250 million that Qatar paid three years ago…
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Offshore Investment Account and Asset Protection
An IRA with a foreign investment account can add stronger protection. This foreign investment account, (we recommend Luxembourg), is not accessible to anyone who wins a lawsuit against you (or for any other creditor). So what would a court do if it determines that the value of your IRA exceeds your retirement needs and therefore…