Dividend Reinvestment Plans
If you want to see your investment gains accumulate and exponentially grow over the years, consider dividend reinvestment plans. We recently talked about dividend stocks like utilities when we wrote about stock picks for 2014. Utilities commonly pay handsome dividends and commonly offer dividend reinvestment plans. The advantage of dividend reinvestment plans, also referred to […]
Surviving a Stock Market Crash
What is the trick to surviving a stock market crash? FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Take Control of Your Financial Future! One of our readers posed this question after we gave our thoughts recently about the Next Big Stock Market Crash. It is our opinion that there are a lot of hidden economic factors in […]
Foreign Direct Investment
Follow the money is age old advice for knowing why something is happening. In this case we would like to follow the money that goes into foreign direct investment. Foreign direct investment is done by folks with lots of money and the intention to stay a course and make a profit. If you are looking […]
Hidden Chinese Economy
China has been the wonder of the economic world over the last forty years. With growth rates often exceeding ten percent per year China has moved too first place in the world in value of exports. However, China ranks sixth in gross national income due to its heavy reliance on exports to the neglect of […]
Offshore Investment Advice
When the economy is not doing well at home investors are often tempted to look offshore. When this is as simple is buying stocks of foreign companies via American Depository Receipts (ADRs) the approach and tax consequences are pretty much the same as when investing in American stocks. But with a more exotic approach, such […]
US Tax on Foreign Source Investment Income
Many investors look outside of the USA for investment opportunities. Our focus in this article is to look at US tax on foreign source income. Before looking at specifics of US tax on foreign source income let us look at foreign investing. We are not talking about illegal tax havens here but rather smart ways […]
Investment Opportunities for Young People
The best time to start investing is when you are young. The best time for learning how to invest is as early as possible. Here are a few thoughts about investment opportunities for young people, and as an example, how to invest $10,000. FREE MASTERCLASS: 3 Secrets to Make Your Money Work for You! Not […]