Dubai Eye Radio – Business Breakfast Podcast – 15 July 2018
Here’s a podcast of my interview with Dubai Eye Radio on the 15th July. I’m talking about investing and about how investing is not...
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Don’t Punish Your Kids: Teach Them This Financial Lesson
When I was teaching at Singapore American School, I tutored a Korean woman who asked me how much my parents pushed me to excel in...
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Is Your Investment Portfolio Hiding Guns or Cigarettes?
Nineteen-year old Nikolas Cruz brought a semi-automatic weapon into a high school in Parkland, Florida. On Valentine’s Day, he killed 17 people. The massacre outraged...
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Why Your Investment Portfolio Is Like A Bar of Soap
Plenty of investors start out well. They build a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds. But then an analyst on Bloomberg says bonds are going to...
Millionaire Expat Author Speaking In Dubai: July 2018
I enjoy bringing strong financial lessons to the people of Dubai. On Sunday, July 15th, I’ll be speaking on Dubai Eye radio. I’ll be talking...
Using The Investment Centre’s Funds For Your 401(k) And Portfolio Options For Non-American Teachers
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...
Millionaire Expat: How To Build Wealth Living Overseas
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...
International Teachers: How To Best Use Raymond James
International Teachers: How To Best Use Raymond James Raymond James is a publicly traded company. Their international financial advisors aren’t fiduciaries. Advisors who...
Retirement Plans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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...
Expatriate Investors: Does It Matter Which Currency Your ETF Is Listed In?
It’s a common question. Does it matter what currency my ETF is listed in? The short answer is no. But people get...
Ten Top Financial Advisors For Expatriate Investors
Each week, millions of expatriates build small backyard fires. They pull out matches. They take $10 bills out of their pockets. Then they...
International Teachers: Are you investing enough money?
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...
Calling Fee-Based Financial Advisors
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...
Dubai Eye Radio – Business Breakfast Podcast – 15 July 2018
Here’s a podcast of my interview with Dubai Eye Radio on the 15th July. I’m talking about investing and about how investing is not...
Don’t Punish Your Kids: Teach Them This Financial Lesson
When I was teaching at Singapore American School, I tutored a Korean woman who asked me how much my parents pushed me to excel in...
Is Your Investment Portfolio Hiding Guns or Cigarettes?
Nineteen-year old Nikolas Cruz brought a semi-automatic weapon into a high school in Parkland, Florida. On Valentine’s Day, he killed 17 people. The massacre outraged...
Why Your Investment Portfolio Is Like A Bar of Soap
Plenty of investors start out well. They build a diversified portfolio of low-cost index funds. But then an analyst on Bloomberg says bonds are going to...
Three Massive Risks of Actively Managed Funds
Perhaps you smoke cigarettes. If so, you’re aware of the risks. But what if smokers also grew nostril hair (five inches a year) and it...
Don’t Fall In Love With Your Favourite Stock Market
Imagine this: You’re 16 years old. You’ve moved to a different district and it’s your first day at school. You walk into a cafeteria full...
So You Don’t Think You Have Enough Money To Travel The World?
My wife and I have been travelling in a camper van for the past nine months. We drove from Canada, and we’re (hopefully) on our...
Expat Investors: Don’t Make This Mistake
Nobody likes to admit this but… one day you’ll die. For the sake of dramatic appeal, let’s say it happens on your 95th birthday. You’re...
Frugal And Single? There’s Plenty Of Hope For You!
For all the frugal singles out there…yes, there’s hope! Research shows that frugality might be the ticket to your next date. image by pixabay Read...
Travel Full-Time Without Saving Money First
My wife and I saved our pennies and we’ve been traveling (mostly non-stop) for four years. Yet… we’ve met plenty of full-time travellers that don’t...
If You’ve Invested In Tech Stocks, It Might Be Time To Jump Ship
We love technology stocks, right? They’ve performed spectacularly over the past nine years. But…technology stocks will lead the next stock market crash, much as they...
Do You Want To Make Money Or Just Fool Around?
I figured life was great. I taught high school English on an island in the Pacific. I could ski on weekend mornings. After lunch, I...
The Dimensional Fund Advisors Versus Vanguard Battle
There’s no longer an argument that index funds beat actively managed funds. But there remains a battle between two types of index funds. DFA...
OK, So You REALLY Don’t Want Bonds In Your Investment Portfolio?
It’s lunch hour at an elementary school. Several kids meet beside a field while two captains pick teams for a quick soccer game. They pick...
Which Is The Best Index Fund For You?
“Andrew, which is the BEST index fund for me?” This is one of the most common questions I get asked. And as I mention...
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