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Angel investing
Angel investing helps entrepreneurs open start-up businesses.
Angel investing is right for you if you want to get involved with new businesses. It can be a dangerous investment, so you should always make sure that the business you are funding looks...
Investing and Financial Planning
What exactly is financial planning, and why is it so important?
Financial planning is the process of determining how to manage money, investing, present and future financial goals, and the strategy that should be undertaken to obtain them.
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Pro's & Con's of Investing in Bonds
What are Bonds? A bond is a debt security, by which you are lending money to a government, municipality, corporation, federal agency or other entity known as the issuer. In return for investing in the bond, the issuer promises to pay you a...
Sitcom Investing
A fickle stock market encourages good-humored mockery. Recently, as I watched the premiere of a sitcom, an obvious omission breached television etiquette. Silence followed every exaggerated comedic set-up. There was no laugh track. Where were the...
The Secret To Beating Tiger Woods At Golf … And, Its Correlation To Success In Business!
The game of Golf, although difficult to master, can nevertheless be narrowed down to three fundamental disciplines: 1) The Power Game [Driving & Iron Play], 2) The Short Game [Finesse / Shots within 100 Yards] and 3) Putting.
Success in golf...
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Offshore Investing: The Perfect Solution
Offshore investment is an expression heard often, but not
necessarily understood by the masses. Here is a breakdown of the
definition of the phrase and some generalizations concerning it.
First of all, the term "offshore" indicates something being
foreign or outside of the domestic territory of one of the G8.
The G8 (Group of Eight) refers to the annual summit of the
government heads of the eight most prominent nations in the
world. These eight nations are Canada, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States of
America. Offshore investing, or alternative investing, is
conducting financial business outside of the investor's home
country, which is usually one of the G8 nations.
By having anything from a foreign bank account or credit cards
to more intricate offshore financial dealings, such as trusts
and multi-level investments, investors gain access to varieties
of international trade.
Many large financial institutions have offices in popular
offshore locations to capitalize on the increased interest in
this type of investing. Studies calculate that about half of the
world's money is offshore from the location of the money holder.
This is largely due to the fact that the primary offshore
investors are the world's wealthiest individuals and
corporations.
The number of offshore investors has grown rapidly in recent
years due to several factors. First and foremost, the
introduction of the world to the Internet has enabled people to
gain knowledge and invest outside of their own region. They are
no longer intimidated by offshore investing and consider it a
possibility because of the instant communication between nations
afforded by the Internet.
The ever-expanding diversity of investments has also attracted
more buyers. These new types of investments, coupled with the
jurisdiction and regulations
options available through offshore
banking, make it an appealing choice indeed.
With all the options out there, how can investors and brokers
make the best decisions regarding their money? The Internet
offers a vast source of information regarding offshore
investment opportunities and probabilities.
There are also countless financial advisors specializing in
international investments. Financial institutions realize the
huge business that is in offshore investments and they have made
that available to their clients as well by hiring special
consultants for this purpose.
Elevated taxes can be a real detraction from the accumulation of
profits. The typically lower taxes of smaller countries are the
biggest incentive to invest offshore, since the offshore
investor is usually wealthy and living in a higher tax area,
such as the United States.
Of course, seeking higher returns on their investments is
another common motive for people exploring offshore investing.
Also at issue is the currency in which to keep the assets, and
the strength of that currency rate.
Traditional investment specialists may frown on offshore banking
because it is less regulated and less predictable. The risk and
unknown factor involved turn some would-be investors off,
although many individuals that pursue offshore investments have
made their fortunes by taking similar risks elsewhere.
Reasons for choosing to invest offshore are plentiful and may
involve more than just taxes and returns. Other considerations
include a higher level of confidentiality due to the offshore
nation's government policies or legal protection offered by
offshore investment approaches, like trusts and different kinds
of corporations.
About the author:
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