Is Your Financial Advisor Laying Termites In Your Home?
#Advisors #InvestingInvesting with actively managed mutual funds is a little bit crazy. Doing so in a taxable account (such as what most American expats do) is categorically…
ETF Investors: Internaxx’s Brokerage Has NOT Raised Your Fees
#AdvisorsAt the beginning of December, Internaxx sent an email to its investors. Before long, my inbox filled with questions of concern: Why is Internaxx increasing our…
How Snakes In Suits Make Money
#AdvisorsRobert 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…
Millionaire Expat Shakes Up Snakes In Suits
#Advisors #Expat InvestingRobert D. Hare wrote a fascinating book called Snakes In Suits [https://www.amazon.com/Snakes-Suits-When-Psychopaths-Work/dp/0061147893]. He says roughly one percent of the male…
Millionaire Teacher: Dubai Eye Radio Interview: 10-09-17
#Talks and Interviews #Expat Investing #AdvisorsMy radio show interview [https://omny.fm/shows/businessbreakfast/the-millionaire-expat-10-09-2017] in Dubai this morning, on Radio dubaieye 103.8, [http://dubaieye1038.com/] explaining horrible investments products…
Fighting Back Against Predatory Investment Schemes
#Advisors #InvestingSuzanne Locke, at The National, wrote a great story about the horrific investment schemes that many expats fall victim to. I spent from January to June…
Don't Be Surprised If You Can't Convince Your Friends To Invest With Index Funds
#Investing #Advisors“Wow,” you say, “Your financial advisor has a really nice car.” Your friend smiles. She knows what’s coming next. “I guess you help make those…
The Best Investment Advice You’ll Never Get
#Advisors #Expat Investing #InvestingInternational schools and businesses have a strong responsibility to their faculty. Time and again, I’ve been disappointed to learn about the financial salespeople that many…
Why This Financial Advisor Offers Free Trips To The Maldives
#Advisors #Expat InvestingLast month, a financial advisor sent Matthew Backus an unusual email. She offered him a free trip for two to the Maldives. The Republic of Maldives…
Teachers' Wealth: Are They Licensed To Operate In The UAE?
#Advisors #Expat InvestingRecently, I joined a roundtable discussion at The National [http://www.thenational.ae/business/personal-finance/high-costs-of-fixed-term-savings-plans-means-lost-trust-in-financial-advisers-must-be-rebuilt-a-step-at-a-time#page1] . We discussed the changes that the financial services industry…