Global Escape Hatch

FATCA-Offshore Banking Asset Protection

I want to begin this newsletter by wishing all of my friends, family and readers around the world a happy holidays.  There are a myriad of winter traditions celebrated around the world on a variety of days ranging from Saint Nicholas Day on December 6th, Hanukkah from December 20-28th, Catholic or Protestant Christmas on December [...]

What is Asset Protection?

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This week I felt it would be important to address the topic, “What is Asset Protection?”  While you clearly have some idea what is involved in asset protection planning, I frequently get this question or some derivation thereof. The quick and simple answer is that asset protection is a means of protecting your assets from [...]

Oh Good, the Government is Here to Help

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Now is the Time to Develop your own Asset Protection Plan Before it’s too Late This week I want to stress the importance of developing your own asset protection plan now as opposed to later when it can potentially be too late.  In last week’s article, “Svetlana Takes Victor to the Cleaners”, we discussed Victor’s [...]

Svetlana takes Victor to the Cleaners

Seychelles Company - Asset Protection

Asset Protection Planning Could Have Saved Victor a lot of Trouble Yesterday I had a conversation with a friend of mine about offshore asset protection planning and the PT lifestyle.  He didn’t understand why anyone would want or need a 2nd passport, a Seychelles company (IBC), or offshore bank account. Understandably, this is a common [...]

Pecan Pie, Gold, and Tryptophan Comas

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Time for a Golden Turkey – Asset Protection Planning First of all, I want to wish a Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American readers.  I hope you all have a very enjoyable holiday filled with friends, family and tryptophan induced comas. I will keep this newsletter short and sweet.  Quite frankly there are probably [...]

More Incestuous than a West Virginia Coal Town

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A couple of days ago, a very good friend of mine, Greg, emailed me about the recent emails I have been sending out to my readers.  Essentially, he said I was screwing up.  His complaint was the recent emails promoting the products of other companies and how it was diluting my message. Greg is a [...]

The Dead Hedge Fund Manager Bounce

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If you read my letter last week, you know I have now escaped from America.  Last week we moved to Riga, Latvia.  It was a hellish plane ride riddled with delays, running through the airport baggage bouncing behind, barely making connections, and lost luggage.  You name it, it went wrong. Now that we are settled [...]

I’m Not Chicken Little

Last night I was working a bit on the computer on a couple of new projects. I found years ago that running multiple monitors dramatically increases my productivity. I keep various tasks on the monitors eliminating the need to switch back and forth. It really is a time saver. On one of the monitors I [...]