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All about Retirement, Retirement Living, Funding Retirement, IRA, 401K, Expat Living, Taxes, Estate Planning, Saving for Retirement, Etc.

How Dim Sum Bonds Will Change the World

By John Maxfield, Motley Fool, It’s easy to think of bonds as innocuous instruments of debt that only the most […]

Why I Quit my Bank Job and Moved to Malaysia

by Keith Hockton, International Living, I’d always wanted to be a writer. It was something I yearned to do for […]

Why you need 2 emergency funds

Why you need 2 emergency funds One is a slush fund — a first line of defense against unexpected expenses. […]

Southeast Asia’s Best-Kept Secret

Southeast Asia’s Best-Kept Secret By Ronan McMahon I’m five minutes out of town on the beautiful white sands of Sokha […]

Towards the Paranormal

By William H. Gross, from Pimco website, The New Normal, previously believed to be bell-shaped and thin-tailed in its depiction […]

Malaysian Island Life

By Keith Hockton, International Living, On the terrace of the grand, British colonial E & O Hotel, evening light flickers […]

Buying bonds for safety is a losing strategy: Ave Maria manager

Good companies are selling at bargain basement prices (IN) Buying bonds for safety, when so many stocks are yielding such […]

Hirst, Warhol Prices Outperform S&P 500 in Art-Investment Index

By Catherine Hickley, Bloomberg, Art by Damien Hirst and Andy Warhol outperformed the Standard & Poor’s 500 index over the […]

7 Ways to Tweak Your Retirement Plan for 2012

“Set it and forget it,” infomercial marketer extraordinaire Ron Popeil used to say. That might have worked for Ron’s easy-to-use […]

Way Off the Beaten Track in Brazil

By Ronan McMahon, International Living, West of Fortaleza on Brazil’s northeast coast, wide white-sand beaches stretch to the horizon. You […]