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Estonia: The best growth story that hasn’t been told Estonia last week re-elected Andrus Ansip as Prime Minister in one of the most overlooked elections of the past twenty years. The importance of this vote has been critically understated by the mainstream media. In the 16 years since the breakup of the Soviet Union, no … Read more
In the late 90s, I first began hearing about Panama while living in Costa Rica. There was a groundswell movement of expats who felt that the cost of living in Costa Rica was too high and sought greener pastures, quite literally. They found their lower cost lifestyle a few hundred miles south in Panama’s highlands. … Read more
Tony Sagami, Asian stock whiz, advises investors of ways to invest in China. While the U.S. is supposed to expand 1 percent or 2 percent, the People’s Bank of China issued its new 2007 forecast last week, saying it expects the country’s GDP to expand 9.8 percent for the year. In this issue of Money … Read more
Here today, gone to Rio. Be back in 2007… Please see our: Season’s Greetings from Silicon Palms in Brazil. Season’s Greetings and Political Correctness “Season’s Greetings” is a greeting more commonly used as a motto on winter season greeting cards, and in commercial advertisements, than as a spoken phrase. In addition to “Merry Christmas”, Victorian Christmas cards … Read more
With its stable government, low corporate tax rates, and advanced IT infrastructure, Iceland is making a strong case for the title of economic top dog in Europe, and beyond. Reykjavík, Iceland (PRWEB) December 18, 2006 — After a year-long study of the country’s resources and tax codes, a team of economic experts has determined that … Read more
One of the most powerful estate planning tools available to the modern international financial planning practitioner is the FOREIGN DEFERRED PRIVATE ANNUITY (FFDPA) An FFDPA is a contract between an individual (the “Annuitant”) and a foreign entity that is neither an insurance company nor in the business of selling annuities (the “Company”). In an FFDPA, … Read more
The deVere & Partners Group, the world’s largest offshore Financial Advisory Firm, and Deutsche Bank today announced that they have established a global strategic alliance. Under this alliance, Deutsche Bank will provide deVere Advisors access to proprietary investment funds and strategies which hitherto have been either unavailable to offshore investors or in some cases entirely … Read more
The Global Village Investment Club (GVIC) is the largest venture capital club in the world. Its PIPE investment strategy is always profitable. GVIC members see a future that includes the Mother of all Depressions. They are using their PIPE strategy to prepare for difficult economic times that they see coming in the next twenty years. … Read more
Yesterday we mentioned offshore insurance as a means to reduce tax liability, so thought it appropriate to share more information on the topic of offshore insurance bonds also known as investment wrappers are widely used by expatriates to invest offshore. The popularity of wrappers is largely due to the fact that investors can own and … Read more