author of Millionaire Teacher & The Global Expatriate’s Guide To Investing
Your company offers a 401(k). But you might be confused about which funds to buy. Image by Pixabay This story offers a solution
In late January 2018, I’ll be speaking at a few schools and corporations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. I still have two available dates for international teachers. Tuesday, January 30th Wednesday, January 31st I can provide a hands-on workshop showing...
Millionaire Expat: How To Build Wealth Living Overseas gets published mid-December 2017. It’s the second edition of my book, The Global Expatriate’s Guide To Investing (Wiley 2015). Millionaire Expat will be available in paperback and Kindle versions. The...
International Teachers: How To Best Use Raymond James Raymond James is a publicly traded company. Their international financial advisors aren’t fiduciaries. Advisors who hold to a fiduciary standard put their clients’ interests ahead of their personal interest. As...
A couple of months ago, my wife and I began a cycling tour around Europe. Most of the time, we click along at about 20 kilometers an hour. We battle our GPS. Sometimes, it sends us up goat...
Saving for retirement in the U.S. means navigating a potential minefield of high fees and bad advice. John Oliver recently (hilariously) ripped apart the financial services industry. He explained (in a way that only he could do) that we pay...
It’s a common question. Does it matter what currency my ETF is listed in? The short answer is no. But people get fooled by this. Here’s an example. Investors might look at two ETFs. Assume that each...
Each week, millions of expatriates build small backyard fires. They pull out matches. They take $10 bills out of their pockets. Then they burn them. Every week. Every month. Every year. That’s what it’s like when you pick...
To find out if you’re saving enough money, use my free, 13 minute seminar below: If you’re an international school teacher, you’re metaphorically swimming in a warm sea, surrounded by beautiful bodies. Cultural eye candy meets your every glance. There...
I want to profile (and encourage business for) financial advisors acting as true fiduciaries to their clients. It’s extremely profitable for advisors to sell variable annuity products or actively managed mutual funds with sales commissions or deferred sales loads. But...
Years ago, one of my friends farted in a jar. If you have a similarly wacky memory, it might prevent a thief from stealing your online passwords. Images by Pixabay I explain it all here
Robert D. Hare has met a few real-life Hannibal Lecters. Lecter was the sophisticated psychopath in the film, Silence of the Lambs. He was a social genius who sometimes ate his victims. Dr. Hare, a psychology professor at the University of...
You worked hard for your money. You planned for retirement. But now you’re getting nervous. U.S. stocks gained 233 percent between January 2009 and September 2017. If you retire this year, and stocks take a dive, could you run...
I don’t mind taking stock market risk for the promise of decent rewards. That’s why I’m comfortable owning 60 percent stocks, 40 percent bonds. Such a portfolio won’t likely grow as much as an investment allocated 100 percent to stocks....
Robert D. Hare wrote a fascinating book called Snakes In Suits. He says roughly one percent of the male population is a psychopath. That doesn’t mean they hide people in their freezers. Some might. Most of them, however, don’t...
Plenty of American teachers have asked me about 401(k) platforms for international teachers. Such platforms promise tax-free investment gains. In other words, the teacher doesn’t have to pay U.S. tax on the front end (because of the foreign income exclusion)...
My radio show interview in Dubai this morning, on Radio dubaieye 103.8, explaining horrible investments products in the Middle East.
I get it. When we struggle to achieve something, it can taste so much sweeter after we accomplish our goals. But when we need to tighten a bolt, and we’re offered a wrench, why would we try to turn...
Andrew Hallam: Free Public Investment Talk Where: Dubai College When: Sunday September 10th, 2017; 7:00 pm start time (A second session begins at 7:45 pm) What: Session 1 (7:00 – 7:35 pm). How much should you be saving for retirement?...
My friend, Eric, asks a lot of questions. He pokes and ponders things that many people don’t. He even wrote a book for high school kids that reflect his thoughts: 50 Questions Every Graduate Should Answer. This summer, while visiting...
International stocks have been rocking this year. Have you been wondering whether they still have room to run? I try to answer that question at: Image By Pixabay AssetBuilder.com
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