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It’s time to step out from my ‘normal’ role as the ‘energy expert’ and make a comment or two on the markets in general, just as a professional trader who’s seen quite a bit in his almost 3 decades of daily experience with capital markets and the way they act. Patterns emerge that aren’t foolproof, … Read more
UNITED STATES IRC 402(b) LAW (1986) UNLEASHES TAX OFFSHORE The U.S. Tax system is generally hostile to foreign financial structures if there is a U.S. taxpayer or U.S. beneficiary involved. The hostility is understandable-foreign structures interfere with government ability to impose or collect tax. Avoiding international tax pitfalls can be best achieved, both foreign and … Read more
What are UCITS Funds? A growing number of investors are including hedge funds and other alternative strategies within their portfolios as a way of providing better portfolio diversification during adverse market conditions, as well as potentially boosting risk-adjusted returns over the long term. However, the recent financial crisis and a number of high profile fraud … Read more
The pace of oil and gas exploration is frightening, and discoveries are weekly, if not daily, with volumes investors would only have dreamt of a decade ago. With each new discovery, it becomes difficult to keep track of the playing field, and even more difficult to rank the potential. There are also a lot of … Read more
Why there has never been a better time to Invest Offshore As a result of media saturation of tax evasion with a negative spin on offshore banking, plus a constant perceived threat of the disintegration of the Euro Zone, due to news from Greece, Spain and Cyprus, many people have adopted the idea that anything … Read more
Time to choose between greed and gravity I have the best job in the world; there is no doubt about it. I get paid to manage other people’s money. It is stressful and humbling. It can also be energizing, as there is no better feeling than being thanked by someone who we helped build a … Read more
Is Cyprus telling us to Buy Tech, Sell Financials Over the last few weeks I have published a series of articles to help investors understand what will be the 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 … Read more
It’s a good question, isn’t it? It seems most of the attention devoted to offshore investing in the mainstream media is skewed in the negative, and thanks to a perhaps undue amount of scrutiny and criticism, the general public has come to view any offshore investment as tantamount to shaking hands with the devil, at … Read more
The sector of offshore investment that is growing most rapidly is probably that of equity investment. This is due in great part to the massive interest increase in direct stock market dealing (private) that coincided with the explosion of internet business. Because of the increased base of international businesses that rely upon internet marketing the … Read more