…on the new Overseas reporting laws to the IRS… Here is more data about the new reporting requirements From January 1st, 2001 – European Banks are reporting to the I.R.S. the following: US securities in Safe Custody with European Banks on behalf of: US residents US citizens residents ourside the US We will have to [...] [Read Insights from one of my European bankers]

Posted on 31 August 2000.

STOP PRESS! this news article introduces Gary's new discussion forum…full details follow… Dear International Friend, Two readers just wrote to me, one about using an overseas company for privacy, the other about an incredible disaster they had using an overseas company for privacy. I share some of their thoughts below. Here [...] [Read Another Urgent Warning About Bank Privacy]

Posted on 30 August 2000.

Reports are filtering in from various advisors that suggest Japan may be the next hot equity market. For example Jyske Bank in its latest equity reports wrote: "We have increasing confidence that the Japanese economy is at last gaining momentum and therefore we consider upgrading our recommendation from neutral to overweight at the [...] [Read Japan Equities Now?]

Posted on 28 August 2000.

There is no faster way to make money than to spot new trends. The surest way to keep this wealth is to understand what causes these trends. This is why I recommend a book, the "Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell. The Tipping Point points out why most investors have trouble estimating dramatic exponential [...] [Read The Tipping Point]

Posted on 25 August 2000.

When your bank makes a mistake it can be frustrating, especially when banking abroad. Where does one turn when a bank takes advantage and you are thousands of miles away? Often there is help. Learn more from the message sent by our Swiss eClub advisor… Gary Dear International Friend, Last year I made a [...] [Read Bank problems abroad?]

Posted on 25 August 2000.

Why Our Two Ecuador Courses Sold Out in Weeks The top-down tour through affordable, sunny Ecuador Explore the "Hong Kong of 30 years ago," November 11-19, 2000   Dear International Friend, We sold out our first two Ecuador real estate tours so quickly that we will repeat it in November because when you're introduced to a country from the [...] [Read The top-down tour through affordable, sunny Ecuador]

Posted on 21 August 2000.

Clouds rise, fragile milk lace, floating dreamlike in the daybreak's breeze. Fields of green are adorned with apricot rays of early morn spread over razor edged ridgelines and announce the dawn. Quito Ecuador-August 2000, Breakfast at one of the highest restaurants in the world. The city of Quito's elevation is nearly 10,000 feet [...] [Read Gary’s report on his latest real estate tour in Ecuador]

Posted on 21 August 2000.

Dear International Friend, I am delaying my Ecuador update report by a day to send you data from eClub advisor Jyske Bank (the fourth largest bank in Denmark). Good Investing! Gary Dear Gary, We still see strong focus on the interest-rate development in the US and on the Fed meeting on 22 August. The unemployment figures due [...] [Read Global Market Commentary from Copenhagen]

Posted on 18 August 2000.

Today's message comes from eClub New Zealand advisor Charles Drace an American who has lived in New Zealand and been a client for years. Good Investing! Dear Gary, I have an excellent guaranteed (by Westpac Bank – one of Australia's largest banks) trading fund managed by ED & F Mann and issued by Ord Minnett of [...] [Read Guaranteed trading funds]

Posted on 02 August 2000.