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Expat Investing

Zurich International, Friends Provident and Generali Vision Have Costly Kissing Cousins

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More stories about exploited expatriate investors are starting to hit the news. Here’s another shocker from the South China Morning Post [http://www.scmp.com/…

Andrew Hallam

Canadian Divorcee in Singapore Finds Her Investment Wings

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Amy Grant, like so many married women, let her husband manage their investments. But in 2010, the Singapore-based Canadian couple split up.   It left Amy in…

Andrew Hallam

International Teaching: Perils to Beware

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With no pensions to contribute to, International Teaching can be a hazardous occupation. You save your money in a school sponsored plan and trust that the…

Andrew Hallam

Vanguard’s Exchange Traded Funds Headed for Hong Kong

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If you’re an investor based in Hong Kong or Singapore, your lowest cost options for a globally diversified portfolio are exchange-traded funds on the U.…

Andrew Hallam

An Expat Canadian in Japan, Finds A Way To Invest

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One of my readers (an expat Canadian named Jon) was looking for investment options in Japan. He wanted to invest with low cost index funds, but…

Andrew Hallam

International Teachers: Are you investing enough money?

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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…

Andrew Hallam

Index Investing in Singapore For Expat New Zealanders

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If you’re a New Zealander living in Singapore, you may be wondering about investment options. Perhaps you’ve been approached by someone representing Friends Provident…

Andrew Hallam

Expatriate Investing Without Flying To Singapore

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People working overseas are often left with a cesspool of investment options. And most of them don’t realize how unfortunate most of those selections are.…

Andrew Hallam

Singapore American Teacher Investment - Even Better Than It Looks

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In September 2006, I created a hypothetical $200,000 portfolio for some expatriate American teachers at Singapore American School. To build this portfolio at Vanguard, investors…

Andrew Hallam

Building A Low Cost Indexed Portfolio For Canadians

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In the Globe and Mail I wrote an article about how to build a portfolio of low cost indexes. It was geared towards Canadians, but the…

Andrew Hallam