Americans – The Global Black Sheep
The past couple of weeks have been a mad scramble for a handful of my clients. This is primarily due to a call I received two weeks ago from one of my favorite offshore banks. The call went something like this; “Hi Bobby, this is ‘Mike’ calling from ‘We hate FATCA bank’. I want to […]
American Asset Protection…Really?
You are probably reading the title thinking I have lost my mind. Your thoughts are probably something like this; “He promotes offshore asset protection as a necessity in these tumultuous times. How can he rationally recommend asset protection structures in the US?” While it is true, I do think offshore companies, offshore banking, offshore trusts […]
Money Grubbing Bureaucrats Among US
Last week’s article titled, “The Criminalization of Cash – Orwellian Reality”, generated some interesting feedback. Most of it was supportive, which was to be expected since the majority of my readers subscribe because they agree with the viewpoints represented. However, one subscriber had a very different perspective. Actually he went so far as to threaten […]
Happy Legal Theft of Americans Day – 79th Anniversary
Yesterday I had an interesting debate regarding a post I put on Facebook (yes, I know it’s the destruction of privacy, Satan, mark of the beast, blah blah). Many of you may have seen it if we are already connected there, but for those of you that haven’t seen it, this presents a disturbing trend […]
How to Boil a Frog, by Politicus Bumpkiss
How to boil a frog, by Politicus Bumpkiss: Allow many tax breaks to expire quietly like; Alternative minimum tax (AMT) — A series of temporary legislative “patches” over the last several years has prevented a dramatic increase in the number of individuals subject to the AMT–essentially a parallel federal income tax system with its own […]
The Golden Age of Entrepreneurship
Today’s asset protection newsletter may be a bit philosophical for some, but bear with me it has practical implications. Or don’t bear with me – the delete key is on the top right. On my radio show this week, “Global Escape Hatch”, I discussed my views on corporate statism and how I am extremely optimistic […]
That Would Never Happen in the US
The past couple of weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind trip mostly back in the US with meetings and visiting with family and friends. I even had the opportunity to speak at an event about offshore asset protection and developing your own Geo-Arbitrage strategy. I am wrapping up the trip today and heading […]
The United Corporate Statism of America
In today’s asset protection newsletter: Discussion about 2013 federal budget proposal and its implication for your wealth Reminder about today’s webinar discussing real estate asset protection strategies Travel plans for those interested in meeting face-to-face Early notification about our offshore conference “Global Escape Hatch – Panama 2012” New product for Real Estate investors seeking asset […]
The Noose Tightens
On Wednesday the US Treasury Department reached broad agreements with five European nations on a proposal to prevent US taxpayers from dodging taxes through oreign owned and controlled accounts. Those countries are France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. Folks, the western world is tightening the noose around your necks. The window of opportunity is […]
Who Really Owns Your Shares
by Jeff Berwick Do you own stocks in a brokerage account? You may be surprised to find out that you don’t. Your brokerage owns them. It is one of the dirtiest little secrets in the brokerage business. And 99.9% of people have no idea it is even being done to them. It’s called “street name […]
