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How to Invest and Spend for Happiness, Health, and Wealth

Order this book to read about real success: how to spend for happiness, how to invest effectively, how to boost life satisfaction and enhance longevity. This might be the world's wisest personal finance book.

Correcting One Huge Mistake That Many Investors Make

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A beaming young girl handed me a couple of lamb skewers. Her father had cooked them over an open fire beside the river after her mother…

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Has Your Offshore Pension Let You Down?

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On the 19th of April 2016, I spoke to a group of international teachers in Muscat, Oman. Many owned offshore pensions.  If you’re a non-American…

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Does A Fiduciary Standard Mean Advisors Must Be Buddhas?

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In 2013, Fidelity’s employees sued Fidelity for failing to push index funds in their company’s 401K. As a result, most of the 401K money…

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Smart Index Fund Investing in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

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Expats who live in Dubai can build low cost portfolios of index funds. They could do it on their own, or they could hire a highly…

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Where Can International Teachers Make A Lot of Money?

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Last year, I wondered where teachers could work to save the most money. How much could a frugal couple or frugal single teacher save? I asked…

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TD Direct International’s Low Fuss Investing For Expats

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There are no secrets to smart investing. Best practices are simple.  Diversify your assets and keep costs low.  Low cost funds, over time, beat high cost…

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Expatriate Investors Say No To Offshore Pensions

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Most non-American expats fall for the worst kinds of (legal) investment schemes. In my latest book, I spent an entire chapter lambasting them. But still… many…

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How To Lose Weight And Grow Wealthier

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We’re often looking for easy fixes. Marketers know this. That’s why they flog all kinds of bunk. There are plenty of bogus solutions to…

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Why Bargain Hunting Investors Should Take A Look At Canada!

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Many readers have emailed me to ask, “Should I invest in oil, now that’s it cheap?” Here’s a far safer and more diversified way…

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Singapore Expat: Should You Invest With St. James’s Place International?

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John’s phone rang. He picked it up. There was a polite British gentleman on the other line. “We would like to offer you significant savings…

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