http://www.profitableinvestingtips.com/investing-trading/three-reasons-to-diversify-your-investments-offshore Three Reasons to Diversify Your Investments Offshore Investment diversification is a time honored means of preserving capital as well as taking advantage of a wide range of investment opportunities. Here we consider three reasons to diversify your investments offshore instead of back home. The Decreasing Value of the US Dollar An excellent idea and the first of our three reasons to diversify your investments offshore is to avoid having all your investment denominated in US dollars. In addition, banking assets as your assets as Colombian pesos instead of dollars in 2012. During 2012 the peso outperformed all other currencies versus the dollar. By the second half of the year Colombia started buying dollars to control the rise of its currency. Think of making money on your bank savings as compared to the dollar as your business grows in a growing economy. If you want to make money by investing remember that when your currency decreases in value your investments need to run harder just to keep up. With this one of our three reasons to diversify your investments offshore in mind consider what market you want to be in. Growth versus a Mature Market The second of our three reasons to diversify your investments offshore is that, if you are from North America, Europe, or Japan, there are faster growing economies and faster growing markets than back home. China certainly comes to mind when one thinks of growth but how about India, Russia, or Brazil? When thinking about the Western hemisphere consider Mexico which is vying with Brazil for being the Latin American superpower. For someone interested in a country where a lot of English is spoken and there is a long and strong connection to North America think of Panama. This little nation on the land bridge connecting North and South America has had a growth rate as fast as that of China for the last decade or more, never saw a recession in the last few years and promises to see more growth with the completion of the Panama Canal Expansion Project in 2015. Consider taking your investment skills to a region where growth is still kind and where the government is more interested in having you invest to create jobs than in taxing away your hard earned capital. And remember that there are sound dividend stocks in the USA with a long presence in Latin America and elsewhere. With this one of our three reasons to diversify your investments offshore in mind read on about tax havens. Tax Havens (= Tax Advantages) The third of our three reasons to diversify your investments offshore is to look for a tax haven or two. It is certainly possible to bank, set up a business, have a retirement, and/or retire offshore. There are many so called tax havens in the world. The term, tax haven, means that a country offers a set of tax advantages.

1. Three Reasons to Diversify Your
Investments Offshore
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2. • I nvest ment di ver si f i cat i on i s a t i me
honor ed m eans of pr eser vi ng capi t al as
w l as t aki ng advant age of a w de
el i
r ange of i nvest m ent oppor t uni t i es.
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3. • H e w consi der t hr ee r easons t o
er e
di ver si f y your i nvest m s of f shor e
ent
i nst ead of back hom e.
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4. The Decreasing Value of the US Dollar
• A excel l ent i dea and t he f i r st of our
n
t hr ee r easons t o di ver si f y your
i nvest m s of f shor e i s t o avoi d havi ng
ent
al l your i nvest m ent denom nat ed i n U
i S
dol l ar s.
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5. • I n addi t i on, banki ng asset s as your
asset s as C om an pesos i nst ead of
ol bi
dol l ar s i n 2012.
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6. • D i ng 2012 t he peso out per f or m al l
ur ed
ot her cur r enci es ver sus t he dol l ar .
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7. • B t he second hal f of t he year C om a
y ol bi
st ar t ed buyi ng dol l ar s t o cont r ol t he
r i se of i t s cur r ency.
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8. • Thi nk of m ng m
aki oney on your bank
savi ngs as com ed t o t he dol l ar as
par
your busi ness gr ow i n a gr ow ng
s i
econom y.
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9. • I f you want t o m ake m oney by i nvest i ng
r em ber t hat w
em hen your cur r ency
decr eases i n val ue your i nvest m s
ent
need t o r un har der j ust t o keep up.
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10. • W t h t hi s one of our t hr ee r easons t o
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di ver si f y your i nvest m s of f shor e i n
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11. Growth versus a Mature Market
• The second of our t hr ee r easons t o
di ver si f y your i nvest m s of f shor e i s
ent
t hat , i f you ar e f r om N t h A er i ca,
or m
Eur ope, or Japan, t her e ar e f ast er
gr ow ng econom es and f ast er gr ow ng
i i i
m ket s t han back hom
ar e.
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12. • C na cer t ai nl y com t o m nd w
hi es i hen one
t hi nks of gr ow h but how about I ndi a,
t
R ussi a, or B azi l ?
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13. • When t hi nki ng about t he W er n
est
hem spher e consi der M co w ch i s
i exi hi
vyi ng w t h B azi l f or bei ng t he Lat i n
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14. • For som eone i nt er est ed i n a count r y
w e a l ot of Engl i sh i s spoken and
her
t her e i s a l ong and st r ong connect i on
t o N t h A er i ca t hi nk of Panam
or m a.
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15. • Thi s l i t t l e nat i on on t he l and br i dge
connect i ng N t h and Sout h A er i ca has
or m
had a gr ow h r at e as f ast as t hat of
t
C na f or t he l ast decade or m e,
hi or
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16. • never saw a r ecessi on i n t he l ast f ew
year s and pr om ses t o see m e gr ow h
i or t
w t h t he com et i on of t he Panam C
i pl a anal
Expansi on Pr oj ect i n 2015.
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17. • C onsi der t aki ng your i nvest m ent ski l l s
t o a r egi on w e gr ow h i s st i l l
her t
st r ong and w e t he gover nm
her ent i s m eor
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cr eat e j obs t han i n t axi ng aw your
ay
har d ear ned capi t al .
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18. • A r em ber t hat t her e ar e sound
nd em
di vi dend st ocks i n t he U w t h a l ong
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pr esence i n Lat i n A er i ca and el sew e.
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19. • W t h t hi s one of our t hr ee r easons t o
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di ver si f y your i nvest m s of f shor e i n
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20. Tax Havens (= Tax Advantages)
• The t hi r d of our t hr ee r easons t o
di ver si f y your i nvest m s of f shor e i s
ent
t o l ook f or a t ax haven or t w o.
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21. • I t i s cer t ai nl y possi bl e t o bank, set
up a busi ness, have a r et i r em , and/or
ent
r et i r e of f shor e.
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22. • Ther e ar e many so cal l ed t ax havens i n
t he w l d.
or
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count r y of f er s a set of t ax advant ages.
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24. • And, despi t e w hat one m ght r ead on
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var i ous i nt er net si t es, i t has becom e
ext r em y di f f i cul t t o hi de si gni f i cant
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25. • N ever t hel ess t her e ar e count r i es
l ooki ng f or i nvest m .
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26. • They may well off freedom from a variety
of taxes if one chooses to diversify one’s
asset s and i nvest i n a gi ven count r y.
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f ol l ow ng:
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haven count r y
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your hom count r y bar i ng doubl e
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t axat i on
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28. • Tax laws unique to the country
• Benefits for individuals (typically retirees)
• Business tax breaks
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29. • Ther e ar e cer t ai nl y m e t han t hr ee
or
r easons t o di ver si f y your i nvest m s
ent
of f shor e but pl ease consi der t he above
f ood f or t hought .
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