Expat Expense: Brace Yourselves
September 1, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Immigration is still quite the hot topic in the United States, but so is EMIGRATION. Bobby did a piece on this not that long ago, discussing the economic impacts of both. Ultimately, the preponderance of evidence supports two facts: 1. Immigrants (legal or otherwise) provide MORE benefits than […]
“Economic Patriotism”
August 11th, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher Taxation has transitioned from being a means of providing for basic services and needs of the country into a punitive measure to socially engineer the people and their businesses. Those who disagree are marked as being economically unpatriotic. Not that long ago, I wrote about companies that are expatriating… or […]
Expatriation is ALSO Becoming the Norm
July 21, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher I find it funny that so many uber nationalistic individuals like to condemn those who either opt to leave or would like to open up the borders as being “unpatriotic”. I protested the protesters this past weekend because honestly the issues never boil down to migrants. It usually […]
Expropriation: The New Norm
July 14, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher What sort of nasty business has the Troika been up to lately? Well, first a brief refresher on who the Troika is: The European Commission, The European Central Bank, and The International Monetary Fund. The stated purpose of the Troika is to manage the Eurozone’s financial affairs, including, […]
Business Crowded Out by Mandates
July 7, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher By now you probably know that Obamacare is rolling out in phases, and each phase has had its glitches. First it was that everyone has to have health insurance. NO MATTER WHAT!!!! But the penalties for not having insurance weren’t going to roll out for another year, giving […]
IRS Announces New Amnesty Program for FATCA Problems
June 26, 2014 By: Diane Kennedy, Contributor FATCA (Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act) goes into force on July 1, 2014. The IRS has already extended the deadline for 2 years for financial institutions that aren’t in compliance yet, but have made progress to come into compliance. FATCA has a couple of components. One targets foreign […]
The Power of Geo-Political Diversification
May 14, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director of GWP Yesterday, I began a four-week trip taking me through Switzerland, Italy, the US and Paraguay. Stop one is in Zurich, where I am writing from today. I’ve been to Zurich several times in the past few years but I’m always amazed at the cost of […]
Inflation Nation
April 21, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher “Savers are being boiled alive in the liquid hubris of neo-Keynesian economists explicitly in the service of the State.” Tim Price Central banks are charged with a certain responsibility. A responsibility that has long since been obscured and phased out in lieu of politicking and posturing. Sadly, when […]
Closing the Gap
March 31, 2014 By: Kelly Diamond, Publisher My mom and I got into a discussion about transportation and manufacturing in the United States as opposed to other countries like China, Malaysia or Singapore. I came to an interesting realization: we can buy products that were manufactured in a way that is illegal here in the […]
Italy Steals 20% of All Incoming Bank Wires – Opportunity?
February 19, 2014 By: Bobby Casey, Managing Director You may have read Kelly’s recent article, “Money Grabbin’” talking about how Italy is now imposing a 20% withholding tax on ALL incoming wires. If you haven’t read that article, click the link above and read it. This really happened. Not only did it happen this week, […]
