This message looks at how to take advantage of micro sector booms and Ecuador coffee. We begin with an excerpt from a recent multi currency lesson on coffee. When one becomes involved in things that are of interest, discipline comes more naturally. For example… I should have seen this micro sector boom investment opportunity coming, because… I love coffee. Here [...] [Read Ecuador & Coffee Distortions]

Posted on 30 June 2009.

Here is a tip on how to earn globally in your own business as we have done with our Ecuador business rankings. Many readers wrote concerned about their loss of privacy in the US.  I never worry much about this though I have been warning people about losing our privacy for decades! I wrote about this privacy [...] [Read Ecuador Business Rankings]

Posted on 29 June 2009.

An Ecuador cooking school has opened in Cotacachi. See three great Ecuador cooking recipes below.  First, learn how to  find even more Ecuador cooking recipes that blend pre-Incan nutrition notions with modern cooking techniques. Actually more than a cooking school… “gastronomical education and delight” might be a better phrase because this Ecuador cooking school  is hosted at [...] [Read Ecuador Cooking]

Posted on 28 June 2009.

Value investing in Ecuador A recent message Value Investing Diary looked at value investing concepts. My investment portfolio is worth about as much as it was in 2007 because of my focus on value. One reason my assets held up well during the economic fall is that I bought good value real estate in Ecuador.  However I spent [...] [Read Ecuador & Value Investing]

Posted on 27 June 2009.

Ecuador Exports Tour Update for October 2009 October 21-24 – $499 Single enroll. $749 for two. Couple. To join this tour, arrive in Quito no later than Tuesday October 20, 2009. Night departures from Quito are available October 24 or early morning flights October 25. Join our Import-Export Tour in Ecuador …to the Crafts Trails [...] [Read Ecuador Export Tour Update – Oct. 2009]

Posted on 26 June 2009.

A number of readers have asked about Ecuador and Iran so here is an excerpt from our latest Ecuador Living report. Some of the ideas apply to interaction between radicals in all of the Middle East and the West and how they can affect our wealth, business and investing. The idea that Iran is a great enemy [...] [Read Ecuador Iran Excerpt]

Posted on 26 June 2009.

According to Alexa, Gary Scott’s web site is one of the top 20,000 ranking web sites in the US. Ecuador Organic [Read Gary Scott Rankings]

Posted on 25 June 2009.

Value investing in Ecuador or anywhere is probably the best way that most of us can make good investments. There are some disciplined investors who do well with short term trading… but most of us do not have the time, inclination or ability to invest this way. In my case, I find that slower is better. Slow [...] [Read Value Investing Diary]

Posted on 25 June 2009.

Here is an Ecuador export tour update that continues our thread on ways to earn globally with small international businesses. Our Ecuador export tours visit many Ecuador markets… textiles in Cotacachi and weavings in Peguche, leather in Cotacachi… wood carving in San Antonio de Ibarra. Here is our last group arriving in Otavalo. This update is [...] [Read Ecuador Export Tour Update]

Posted on 24 June 2009.

Madre Tierre is a small Ecuador hotel in Vilcabamba. Here is the entrance to this small Ecuador hotel. We have been sharing this series on Small Ecuador Hotels. There is an Ecuador small hotel business opportunity in Vilcabamba now.  This message reviews this opportunity in a moment. First, the subject of Social Security rules about working [...] [Read Vilcabamba Ecuador Small Hotel]

Posted on 23 June 2009.