Category: Economics
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French Super Rich Tax – Just a Gimmick
Call it an ideological paradox or the inherent irrationality of human nature that although we stress so much on study of history and yet we never learn from it. The same is happening in France where a new Super Rich Tax, which puts a tax burden of 75% for individuals with annual income of more…
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The Specter of Things to Come
The road to ruin is on plain display and the playbook is easily seen at this juncture. Let’s take a look at how things will unfold. Contrary to popular outrage of the solution being imposed in Cyprus, it is the correct one once the insured depositors were protected. In this situation the elites suffered first…
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From the Farm to your Wallet!
Over the last few weeks we’ve published a series of articles to help investors understand what will be the primary global economic drivers for the next ten years. These three drivers were: Growth of the world population Global Debt Monetary Easing & Inflation Now that we have set the table lets see which investment’s can…
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The Frankenstein Economy
Over the next few weeks, we will be publishing a series of columns that we hope will help investors understand what will be the global economic drivers for the next 10 years. We will discuss their effects on our lives and how to profit from the changes ahead through a series of 10 investment themes.…
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American Debt…How Far Can We Go?
The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. American’s deserve better. I, therefore, intend to oppose the effort to increase America’s debt. ~ Barack Obama, March 16, 2006 The more things change, the more…
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Why Americans Should Consider Investing Offshore
In the wake of Romney’s recent political attack by Barack Obama, it is evident that Americans are being fed the image of offshore investing as a devious act rather than one of asset protection. While this has been an ongoing phenomenon since the dawn of political debate, it is also a tool which the Democrats…
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Offshore IRA – What do you need to know?
People wanting to diversify their assets into foreign jurisdiction are a common phenomenon these days. If you are seeking to do the same, you should know that this is a rewarding decision. However, there are many misconceptions that exist about the way you want to accomplish this. If you want to take control of your…