IMF Wants to Monitor Your Internet Searches (See Why)
The IMF is considering a system similar to that in China: a social credit system based on internet usage and searches. But is this just a huge data grab? In an episode of the popular Netflix original Black Mirror, titled “Nosedive,” people can rate each other from one to five stars for every interaction they […]
Scared New York Lawmaker Wants COVID-19 “Camps”
The COVID-19 pandemic has New York using it as cover to roll out policies involving “removing and detaining” those who might be a danger to public health. What you’re about to read will likely leave you thinking that the U.S., and more specifically New York, has lost the script entirely. I was so shocked, that […]
Digital Nomad Destinations: Where to Next?
Digital nomads have a growing number of options before them with new countries getting on board with programs to cater to this emerging market. January 18, 2021 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP People have places to go, things to see, and life to live. If you’re a digital nomad, or seriously considering taking up […]
Investment Strategies for Digital Nomads
Finding a balance and setting proper expectations with your investments while understanding your limitations is a common challenge for digital nomads. November 11, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The topic of investing as a digital nomad is a recurring theme with my consulting clients and GWP Insider members. Most “traditional” folks […]
Crypto Is Making Its Way Into the Mainstream
Crypto is becoming part of mainstream investments, payment platforms, and even asset protection with countries, corporations, and people. November 9, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Anyone who’s been watching Bitcoin this year has seen some incredible hikes in value. Anyone who owns Bitcoin is loving it! There’s no avoiding crypto any longer. The […]
One Big Secret About Tax Avoidance
Taxes are boring, and yet they directly affect so many people economically, that it might be time to learn the secrets to tax avoidance. Doing your taxes, or having them done, can be about as fun as watching paint dry. Anything that involves handing any part of your hard-earned money over to the Government to […]
Why COVID-19 was a Gift for Digital Nomads
Location independence and the digital nomad lifestyle is availing itself to more people, and oddly we might have COVID-19 to thank for it. November 2, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The past several months have been wild to say the least. News about COVID-19 spread slowly at first, then in March, the fear […]
Trading Privacy for the Illusion of Safety
Privacy is the ransom for the illusion of safety as well as permission to exercise other freedoms that have been taken away. October 26, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP The surveillance state has managed to expand in large part because people subscribe to the existence of boogeymen from which they need protection. Remember terrorists? […]
The IRS Versus Tax Loopholes
The IRS will stop at nothing to capture a few more bucks in revenue. They seek the cooperation of foreign banks, and even crossed the Constitutional line. Taxation is theft. The U.S. was founded in part as a resistance to taxation. And for about 100 years, that resistance was pretty effective. Then, in 1862 an […]
A Biden Presidency Comes With Tax Hikes
If Biden wins the presidential election, taxes will go up considerably for many Americans. That doesn’t look good for an already ailing economy. October 19, 2020 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director GWP Election season is upon us. Love it or hate it, it does present some possible changes in policy. At one point we saw […]
