Offshore Accounts a Risky Business As reported by Reuters today, some of the rich clients of UBS are rolling over and trying to make good with the U.S tax authorities after the IRS cracked down and had a former UBS banker indicted. The WSJ characterized it as a sign that the U.S. efforts to battle offshore tax [Continue]

I’ve been a bit “out of pocket” recently, and haven’t posted too much to this blog. Longer-term, financially I see nothing that dramatically changes my thesis (”we’re all doomed!”) In the short run, even though we hit new lows last week, we have a TON of people calling for a new “up leg” in [Continue]

When you’re an expat with spotty slingbox coverage you get some extra time to tune into the “fringe” element on the internet. I’ve probably seen every youtube/googlevideo conspiracy nutjob video on the planet — along with some really good educational stuff. Well, the last couple of days my slingbox was fritzing again [Continue]