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 […]
Pecan Pie, Gold, and Tryptophan Comas
Time for a Golden Turkey – Asset Protection Planning First of all, I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers. I hope you all have a very enjoyable holiday filled with friends, family and tryptophan induced comas. I will keep this newsletter short and sweet. Quite frankly there are probably […]
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 […]
Are You a Fascist Troll Lurking in the Shadows?
Asset Protection – Is the US a Fascist Police State? This week I want to share with you two separate news items that are both frightening and disgusting. The first one occurred just about two weeks ago and involves a court case where the CA appeals court approved cell phone searches during traffic stops. The […]
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 […]
I Felt Like Tiger Woods’ PA This Week
I want to start today’s discussion with a few comments I received from last week’s newsletter, “Putting a Band-aid on a Bullet Hole”. For those of you that have been reading my articles for any length of time, you should be aware by now that I am an ‘equal opportunity political hater’. I am happy […]
Hi, I’m Bobby and I’m a Playaholic
I want to keep today’s newsletter short and sweet (or at least short). I have a bit of work to do to prepare for the webinar I am hosting later today with my good friend Tres Knippa. I’ve known Tres now since 2005. We both started (and finished in ‘07) a Master’s in Entrepreneurship at […]
The Voice of Anarchy
I had a phone conversation with a friend of mine this week, and he gave me one of the nicest compliments a guy could receive. He called me the voice of anarchy. We were discussing the state of affairs in the world today and the worldwide debt crisis that is causing an economic meltdown; or […]
