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Monday, March 2nd, 2009Gnomes on the ground in Zurich and Geneva are expressing shock and dismay about what is going on in the world of Swiss banking. Meantime, I’ve had several e-mails and calls in from people asking for quick solutions because UBS is closing their accounts and they don’t know what to do with their money!
The first [...]
Regulators Probe US-owned Stanford Offshore Bank in Antigua
Saturday, February 14th, 2009I don’t know if Friday the 13th followed by Valentine’s Day is the cause of so much excitement in the Offshore World this weekend. No sooner did Q Wealth Report publish my blog entry on the lessons to be learned from the UBS Swiss banking case (in a nutshell the advice was not to do [...]
Your Passport to a Better, Wealthier Lifestyle?
Monday, January 12th, 2009You know, I’m almost scared to write about second passports these days. Second passports or citizenships are a totally legitimate tax planning tool, yet they have been demonized in the popular media, as if everyone who wants a second passport is a PT (Potential Terrorist)! But this is oure deception on the part of the [...]
IT Security: The Weakest Part of Your Offshore Structure?
Thursday, December 4th, 2008Most people who are at all concerned about personal and financial privacy invest a significant amount of time and expense in setting up an offshore corporation, offshore bank and brokerage account and so on. They will make sure their structure is not just legally watertight, but also private and confidential through the use of bearer [...]
Warren Buffett on Declining Fiat Currencies
Friday, October 24th, 2008Keeping your assets in fiat currencies must be about the worst thing to do. Not only can these assets be seized by mere accusation (don’t believe it can’t happen to you – it happened to Iceland!) , but even more worryingly they can and will be devalued indefinitely until they are worth nothing.
Warren Buffett wrote [...]