Paypal Can Kiss My A$$
First of all I want to apologize to my regular readers. In over 3 years I have not missed one single Thursday newsletter…until last week. The past few months have gotten increasingly busy here at Global Wealth Protection. We have seen a lot of new clients as well as an increase in traffic on our […]
Economic Doomsday? Or Opportunity of a Lifetime?
After two weeks, I am finally home from my eastern European road trip. It was a whirlwind trip with visits in Lithuania, Ukraine, Serbia, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland. The trip was mostly pleasure, but there were a couple of meetings along the way. In future articles I will discuss some of the opportunities that arose […]
Wake Up and Smell the Gunpowder
On the evening of December 31st, 2011 the Obamessiah signed the 2012 NDAA (National Defense Authorization Act). For those of you following the political news, you will remember that the president vowed to veto this bill because of sub-sections 1021 and 1022. These 2 sub-sections deal with the detention of terrorism suspects. The NDAA grants […]
Global Escape Hatch
I want to begin this newsletter by wishing all of my friends, family and readers around the world a happy holidays. There are a myriad of winter traditions celebrated around the world on a variety of days ranging from Saint Nicholas Day on December 6th, Hanukkah from December 20-28th, Catholic or Protestant Christmas on December […]
What is Asset Protection?
This week I felt it would be important to address the topic, “What is Asset Protection?” While you clearly have some idea what is involved in asset protection planning, I frequently get this question or some derivation thereof. The quick and simple answer is that asset protection is a means of protecting your assets from […]
What is your Escape Hatch?
Do You Have a Realistic Asset Protection Plan? Two weeks ago to the day I received a call from a friend of mine in the US. Dave runs a motorcycle performance shop in North Carolina and called me to chat about business. In the conversation he mentioned that he would be in Milan, Italy the […]
Protect Your Assets Like the Uber-Rich
Asset Protection for the Real Estate Investor In my consulting business, I frequently work with real estate investors who are interested in creating a bulletproof asset protection plan to shield themselves from predatory litigation. From my viewpoint, real estate investors have one of the highest risk profiles of any business person. Clearly the world is […]
I’m Mad as Hell…
…and I’m not going to take it anymore. This is the sentiment expressed around the US through the recent ‘Occupy Wall Street (OWS)’ movement that seems to be flaring tempers on both sides of the argument. Living in Eastern Europe, I am somewhat sheltered from this, but with Facebook and all of the news outlets […]
Are You Passionate About Your Life’s Work?
Asset Protection – Passionate About Entrepreneurship In last week’s asset protection newsletter titled, “I’m Buying Call Options on Entrepreneurship”, I discussed my bullishness on the innovation and creativity of the entrepreneur despite the stupidity of governments in the US and around the world. The second paragraph of this article states; The world truly revolves around […]
I’m Buying Call Options on Entrepreneurship
Asset Protection – Entrepreneurship Over the past week I have been working with one of my asset protection clients developing a strategy for him to minimize his risk. He is a commercial real estate entrepreneur with a fairly large 8 figure net worth. Every time I work with successful entrepreneurs like him I can feel […]