The Swiss Surprise
January 19, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher So an interesting headline crossed my path the other day: “Swiss National Bank unexpectedly scrapped its three-year policy of capping the Swiss franc against the euro.” The move shocked many in the EU, especially many Swiss exporters. The Swiss Frac soared, while business stocks were sent in the […]
Save $11,055 on Obamacare
January 14, 2015 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director at GlobalWealthProtection.com Over the holidays, I was in the U.S. visiting family and friends. One of my stops was a close friend that lives in Washington, DC (a.k.a. “Belly of the Beast”). While in DC and discussing healthcare costs with my buddy, I had an epiphany. Living […]
Developing Plots Around the World
January 5, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Happy New Year! Have you ever seen the movie Pulp Fiction? One of the notable features of that film was how it started off following various unrelated events and characters, but as the movie continued, it shows how those characters and events would culminate into one plot. This […]
Japan On Track For A Textbook Bust
December 31, 2014 By: Claudio Grass, Contributor from Global Gold Recently, we wrote a paper about the dynamics behind the boom and bust cycles, based on the view of the Austrian School (the Austrian Business Cycle Theory, or ABCT). The key takeaway was that central banks don’t help in smoothing the amplitude of the cycles, […]
2015 Prognosis
December 29, 2015 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher What a year! This is my last installment for the year 2014. The next time you see my writing, it will be 2015. Without question, the United States has lost its economic luster, but so have parts of the EU and Asia. Yet, there are countries who have […]
The Tale of Two Bailouts
December 15, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher This is the story about two bailout countries in the EU: Spain and Ireland. Their respective bailouts were not structured the same, but they were very close in timing and amounts offered. I don’t want to call this an experiment because it has no real controls. However, we […]
The Russian Hooker Index
December 8, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Economists have tried to bridge the gap between what people are feeling and what is happening on a macroeconomic level. Often times, people living in one particular geography convince themselves that their economic experience is pervasive: that because their economy is booming then all economies are booming or […]
E-Stonia: Wired & Well Ahead of the Curve
December 1, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I wrote about this over 5 months ago (“Portugal: A Glimpse into America’s Future”), but it looks like Estonia is getting their affairs in order quickly to offer their e-Residency to businesses around the world. In contrast to other countries like Portugal, Estonia is taking several creative and […]
Hong Kong: An Economic Gem
November 24, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I’m not a big fan of taxes. (I’ll give you a moment to recover from the shock. Ha ha.) But while that might be VERY true, I’m never adverse to measures taken to move away from taxes. Do I like 12% corporate taxes? Absolutely not. Do I like […]
Stansberry Radio Features Bobby Casey
November 5, 2014 StansberryRadio.com features guest: Bobby Casey (originally posted on 10/28/14) Why is now the time to internationally diversify your portfolio? Listen as Bobby shares his view on how to achieve true freedom by internationalizing your life using the “the multi-flag approach.” Bobby talks about the implications of FATCA, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance […]
