The Global Expatriate's Guide to Investing:From Millionaire Teacher to Millionaire ExpatBy Andrew Hallam Exploit your offshore status to build a robust investment portfolioMost of the world's 200 million expats float in stormy seas. Few can contribute to their home country social programs.…
ReadQ I have a grandson who is 38 years old He is a responsible young man regularly employed But his earning power is limited probably between $25 000 and $35 000 a year (in today’s dollars) in his lifetime When my wife and I die (we are 87 and 90 years old) he will inherit about $500 000 Can…
ReadQ My husband and I are both retired We are tired of paying various "investment consulting firms" to lose our savings However I am a retired accountant and I am afraid I do not know how I can get control of our retirement savings and invest it myself without triggering income taxes Is there a…
ReadQ I am writing for my son who is a first lieutenant in the U S Army He just turned 24 and is ready to start his retirement investing His car is paid for He has no credit card or college debt He has about $6 000 in savings with plans to increase it to $10 000 He is planning to invest the…
ReadDoes it make sense to become an ETF (exchange traded fund) investor I think so The smaller the commission cost of buying and selling measured as a percent of assets invested the more attractive ETF investing is The surprise is that it makes sense for relatively small portfolios How small…
ReadEverything is in place An average young worker can increase her retirement assets by at least $400 000 Perhaps $700 000 That's my conclusion after comparing the investment tools of today and yesterday We have much better tools today Only will and knowledge stand between young workers and a…
ReadThe longer the time period the better index investing looks I learned this while doing a new examination of mutual fund performance In it I learned that the Vanguard 500 Index fund ranked 46th of the 306 domestic equity funds with 20 year track records That means it did better than 85 …
ReadThursday, July 16, 1998 Q. I was thinking that it might be prudent to borrow against our house and invest. Say we could borrow $100,000 and assume a 10 year mortgage at 7 percent. Were conservative investors, so say we invested the money in a Vanguard or T. Rowe Price couch potato fund or a…
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Tiger Woods was awesome. Before his 33rd birthday he had won 14 major golf championships. Jack Nicklaus held the record at 18 majors. Woods was closing fast. But then something happened. Tiger Woods stumbled. He’s now trying to recover but his rivals are tough. It might be hard to believe, but…
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You ask your son to pass the salad. He lifts the bowl as your cellphone rings. Taking calls during family dinners isn’t really your thing. But your tenants have an emergency. A pipe broke in their bathroom and the place is starting to stink. No surprise here—you’ve just lost your…
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