Your Choice Of Coffee Could Cost Tens of Thousands of Dollars
#Mindset #LifestyleLast semester, one of my personal finance students, Treat Swarstad, created a screencast to show how your choice of coffee could cost tens of thousands of…
Is Location The Greatest Key To Your Financial Freedom?
#Lifestyle #RetirementMy colleague at Assetbuilder.com [http://assetbuilder.com/default.aspx], Scott Burns, writes one of America’s most popular syndicated money columns. After four decades of…
Expat Index Investors Should Duck U.S. Estate Taxes
#Expat InvestingNon-American expats with U.S. listed stocks or ETFs might consider making a switch. U.S. estate tax laws [http://www.irs.gov/Individuals/International-Taxpayers/Some-Nonresidents-with-U.…
My Wish List For New Canadian Indexing Products
#InvestingWhile Christmas has come and gone, I hope Canadians will have a few more indexing options in 2014. Here’s my wish list, published in the…
A 3 Step Plan For Turning Your Child Into a Saver
#ChildrenIf you’re based in Canada and would like your kids to start investing, my recent article in the Globe and Mail might help: Read My…
Like F1 Race Cars, High Dividend Yielding Indexes Have Evolved
#InvestingHigh dividend yielding indexes can be much better than trying to pick your own dividend paying stocks. I discuss this for the Globe and Mail: Read…
Friends Provident International Faces A Cold Reception
#Advisors #Expat InvestingLast week, I received a phone call at work. “One of your friends gave me your name and number,” the caller said. “I can help you…
Does International Financial Services (Singapore) Flog Friends Provident Products?
#Advisors #Expat InvestingIt’s tough for expatriates to differentiate between high cost and low cost financial advisors. Some low cost ones exist, including Noto Financial Services [https://andrewhallam.…
What Makes A Great, Expatriate Financial Advisor?
#AdvisorsPerception is everything. In my view, a great financial advisor is someone who cares deeply for clients. He or she provides an ongoing fiduciary standard of…
No Money No Honey!
#Mindset #LifestyleBiology and sex appear to influence our financial decisions in very surprising ways. To read more, check out my latest Assetbuilder article. Click here [http://assetbuilder.…