author of Millionaire Teacher & Millionaire Expat
My wife and I love massages. From 2003 until 2014, we spent about $79,200 on this sort of pampering. Do you think we’re crazy? Many people would. But everybody has their “thing.” Everybody...
Picking funds for a 401(k) might seem like tricky work. But if we combine The Investment Centre’s fund selections with statistical probabilities and …
This is the second edition of my book, The Global Expatriate’s Guide To Investing (Wiley 2015). Princeton’s legendary economics professor (Burton Malkiel) says this second edition is, “Wise investment advice delivered with clarity and...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
My wife and I love massages. From 2003 until 2014, we spent about $79,200 on this sort of pampering. Do you think we’re crazy? Many people would. But everybody has their “thing.” Everybody...
Nathalie Legrée is a great saver. Motivated by the FIRE movement, she wants to gain Financial Independence and Retire Early. The 33-year old teacher joins a growing number of millennials that have decided to live frugally and sock away...
Three years ago, my wife and I stuffed some clothing in a couple of small backpacks. We decided to tour Vietnam for a month. My friend, Dave Fox, was writing a book about...
& This week, I spoke at Green School in Bali. It’s a fabulous school, the likes of which I have never seen before. I’ve spoken at more than 70 international schools. This was the...
Jean Melek feels queasy. The 50-year old school teacher’s investments have dropped almost 8 percent over the past 30 days. Plenty of forecasters say stocks will fall further. “We’ve been getting frequent newsletter emails from...
If the stock market dropped heavily tomorrow, and stayed down for a few years, that would be the best scenario for most employed investors. It’s an investment strategy that has had only five losing...
I’m 48 years old. I have an income. I also have a few million dollars in the stock market. And I would like to see stocks fall further this year. I would like to see...
My friend loaned me an amazing book last week: Enlightenment Now, by Harvard professor, Steven Pinker. Bill Gates says it’s his “new favorite book of all time.” If you think the world is getting more...
I’m getting used to whirlwind speaking trips in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Last week, I spoke at 3 schools in Dubai, one school in Abu Dhabi, a business council, a radio show and a...
I’ll be giving a free investment talk in Dubai on Thursday evening, October 18th. I’ll also be bringing copies of Millionaire Expat (100 AED each). The complete details and the registration can be found...
My wife and I are homeless. That doesn’t mean we live under bridges or dig food out of garbage bins. Instead, for the past four years, we’ve been traveling the world. I’m writing this...
This morning, the Dubai Eye breakfast show hosts interviewed me about socially responsible investing. After we finished the live show, one of the hosts said, “I wouldn’t invest in such funds because they don’t...
This week, I spoke at the British School Jakarta. I gave a series of student talks, speaking about happiness and money. Spending money on experiences, instead of material things, makes people happier. Giving...
Many financial advisors say, “Index funds are dangerous when the stock market falls. Actively managed professionals can save you from such crashes.” Unfortunately for them, real-world data says they’re wrong. Image by Pixabay...
One of my friends recently cashed in a variable annuity. He bought it years ago, before he realized it was a high-cost rip-off. “I want to invest the proceeds,” he said. “What do you...
Last year, a financial salesperson attempted to breach the faculty at Singapore’s Nexus International School. He wanted to sell contractual savings schemes, such as the kind I outlined in Millionaire Expat. He reached out to...
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This is the new, updated (and renamed) 2nd Edition of Global Expat.
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