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Friday, March 13th, 2009You certainly won’t have missed all the noise in the media lately about offshore tax havens and bank accounts. With all the bailouts going on (I say ‘all’ because I at least don’t even attempt to keep track of them anymore, and I’m sure many more are on the way) governments are on the warpath [...]
Virtual Offices in Panama
Thursday, March 12th, 2009Many clients have asked me over the years about Panama Virtual Office services, since that is something most offshore service providers don’t do so well.
Now, whenever a client needs an offshore maildrop address for me, I’m going to set them up with Panamail. Panamail is a maildrop service for international businesses and individuals seeking for [...]
The Dangers of Investing in GLD
Saturday, February 28th, 2009When is gold not gold? When it’s GLD!
More and more questions are being asked about GLD, the world’s largest Gold exchange Traded Fund by far. For months I have been advising clients NOT to buy gold through GLD. If you are buying gold you should buy the physical metal whch actually clunks and clanks when [...]
Bank of England granted new powers to print unlimited money in secret
Monday, January 12th, 2009A recent article in London’s Daily Telegraph points out how new reforms to the Bank of England will make it “far the most secretive major central [bank] in the world.” Well I’m all in favour of bank secrecy when it comes to accounts belonging to individuals, but surely different standards must apply when it comes [...]
The Real Cost of the 2008 Recession
Thursday, December 11th, 2008Guest Posting by Olivier Garret, CEO, The Casey Report, www.caseyresearch.com
It took the statisticians of the National Bureau of Economic Research almost a year to confirm what the rest of us already knew, that the US registered a significant decline in economic activity, thus officially entering a period of recession. While [...]