Category: Stocks and Bonds
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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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The Big Short Movie
The Big Short is a 2015 American biographical comedy-drama film directed and co-written by Adam McKay. It is based on the 2010 book of the same name by Michael Lewis, about the financial crisis of 2007–2010 brought on by the build-up of the housing market and credit bubble. The film stars Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling,…
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Market cycle analysis and economic law
Q: How does your system differ from a cycle analysis? Martin Armstrong seems to have been very successful using cycle analysis. A: I do not use a system over which I claim authorship. I apply the laws of economics to the facts at hand. I use the scientific method: observation to get the facts; and,…
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Impact Investing Survey Results
SURVEY: 2 OUT OF 5 FINANCIAL ADVISORS SAY THEY ALREADY OFFER “IMPACT INVESTING” TO CLIENTS, ANOTHER 15 PERCENT PLAN TO DO SO Financial Advisors Agree: Millennials, Women, and College-educated Investors are Top Three Groups Driving the Availability of Impact-Investing Choices COLORADO SPRINGS (October 28, 2015)—“Impact investing” is a hot topic in the financial world today.…
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Offshore Investment Diversification and Specialization
Both diversification and specialization have a proper place and function for anyone — not just investors and speculators — who depends on an asset’s income stream or capital value. What’s comfortable for one person may be inappropriate for another. However, there are generalizations worth considering. Let’s start with a few fundamental economic facts. Man has…