Offshore Trusts and Foundations – 23 More Days
by Bobby Casey, Managing Director December 7, 2012 Offshore trusts and foundations have been the main area of interest for our clients over the past couple of weeks. We have been bombarded with requests to set up a offshore trusts or foundations for clients who are seeking to escape the estate tax trap before the […]
Is Your "Money" in a Bubble?
by Scott Causey, GWP Resource Correspondent Tens of trillions of multiple currency units slosh around the financial universe everyday. Japan’s sovereign debt is measured in a metric called a quadrillion. So is the derivatives market. Going back over 100 years, central bankers around the globe have been the masters of the Universe. Stand close enough to the […]
J.M Keynes just called Obama Stupid
by Bobby Casey, Managing Director November 30, 2012 Even John Maynard Keynes would call Obama stupid right now. As much as I despise Keynes, even this capitalism destroyer would not raise taxes at a time when the economy is still on such shaky ground. In my humble (but accurate) opinion, the ideas developed by Keynes […]
Go Against the Flow, Stupid
by Scott Causey, GWP Resource Correspondent Two things will always be true about capital controls: they will always fail in the end and they will always protect the guilty. The Swiss have printed unprecedented amounts of francs to peg their currency against the euro. In the end, that decision will have a cost that is […]
Destruction of Perpetual Wealth – 40 More Days
by Bobby Casey, Managing Director In 40 days, massive changes occur in regards to estate taxes. For 2012, you can give $5.12M gift tax free to your heirs. If you are married, you can give $10.24M. This threshold equates to the non-taxable portion of your estate when you die. The estate tax is currently set […]
The Fat Lady Is Singing…..Without Her Twinkie
by Scott Causey, GWP Resource Correspondent Just how bad does American business have to get before people finally start to get it? Hostess, the maker of the Twinkie, has filed for Chapter 7 liquidation in the fattest nation on Earth. Does anybody else see just a tad of irony in that? This was the second […]
The Last Gold-Backed Currency in the World
by Bobby Casey, Managing Director I am writing this sitting in the Istanbul airport waiting on my connection back to Latvia. I wanted to share with you my reflections over the past few days as Turkey could be an excellent option for many of you looking to move overseas and internationalize your life. One thing […]
The South Has Risen … Again
by Scott Causey, GWP Resource Correspondent The citizens of the state of Texas have had enough. Thousands of people have signed a petition attempting to help the state of Texas secede from the Union. The Texas petition reads as follows: “The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government’s neglect to reform […]
Is It Time to Shrug?
by Steve Hilgart, Director of Conference Operations and Marketing Warning: Several sarcastic parenthetical comments ahead… continue at your own risk. The presidential elections are like a train wreck. You don’t want to see it, but you can’t look away! Everywhere I look I see fear and uncertainty. It’s been foretold that a democracy only lasts […]
Accelerated Destruction – the Obamessiah Legacy
by Bobby Casey, Managing Director It happened. The American people spoke. They want a nanny state. They want to blame everyone and accept no personal responsibility. They want the 1% to support the 99%. Game, set, match. As I type this I am beautiful Ambergris Caye, Belize for the Global Asset Protection Symposium. I am […]
