I’m Buying Call Options on Entrepreneurship

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Asset Protection – Entrepreneurship Over the past week I have been working with one of my asset protection clients developing a strategy for him to minimize his risk.  He is a commercial real estate entrepreneur with a fairly large 8 figure net worth.  Every time I work with successful entrepreneurs like him I can feel [...]

I Felt Like Tiger Woods’ PA This Week

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I want to start today’s discussion with a few comments I received from last week’s newsletter, “Putting a Band-aid on a Bullet Hole”. For those of you that have been reading my articles for any length of time, you should be aware by now that I am an ‘equal opportunity political hater’.  I am happy [...]

Putting a Band-aid on a Bullet Hole

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If you can fog a mirror you are certainly aware of the Obamessiah’s grand plan to save jobs in America.  If you are so inclined you can read the full 199 page proposal here. For those of you not inclined to read the musings of Barry O and his legal minions, let me summarize his [...]

The Voice of Anarchy

Anarchy - Asset Protection

I had a phone conversation with a friend of mine this week, and he gave me one of the nicest compliments a guy could receive. He called me the voice of anarchy.  We were discussing the state of affairs in the world today and the worldwide debt crisis that is causing an economic meltdown; or [...]

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 [...]

Armageddon, the Apocalypse or the Rapture?

Apocalypse - Protect your Assets

Unless you have been living in a cave in Siberia for the past week, you are aware of the US congressional deadline to raise the debt ceiling by August 2nd. If you listen to the politicians and the media you would think Armageddon, the Apocalypse or even the Rapture is on the horizon. I’m surprised [...]

Expat Hank Bails on America

Americans Screwed - Asset Protection Planning

I had a very interesting conversation with a reader this week. ‘Hank’ is an American citizen living in Ecuador and running a local business exporting raw materials around the world. Hank was very familiar with asset protection and international taxation issues and had previously worked at a law firm assisting international clients with these issues. [...]

Wealth Fortress Trust

Fortress - Asset Protection

Strangely enough, it seems that QE2 came and went with very little fanfare. Much like the Y2K fear, it seems to have been overblown in the markets with even treasury bonds showing slight gains. The markets have shrugged off bad economic data and with minor glimpses of hope in the housing sector; everyone seems to [...]

Asset Protection for Your IRA and 401K

Over the past year I have written several times about the potential for the US government to nationalize private retirement accounts like IRA’s and 401k’s.  If you aren’t including your retirement accounts in your asset protection planning, you are fooling yourself into thinking they are safe.   Of course I know you all think, “That [...]