Month: May 2016

  • US Gold Market Infographic

    The US Gold Market is best known as the home of gold futures trading on the COMEX in New York. The COMEX has a literal monopoly on gold futures trading volumes worldwide, but very little physical gold is actually exchanged between COMEX trading participants, and gold inventories maintained in COMEX vaults in New York are…

  • Older Americans Month: May 2016

    U.S. Census Bureau Facts for Features: Older Americans Month: May 2016 President Kennedy first celebrated older Americans by designating May 1963 as Senior Citizens Month. After a meeting with the National Council of Senior Citizens, Kennedy encouraged all Americans to pay tribute to older people across the country. Every President since has issued a formal proclamation…

  • Why investing into Australia makes sense

    Investing into Australia For a country that is renowned for it very tough and rigid regulatory environment many international advisers, private investors and family offices may not be aware it a fairly simple procedure to invest directly into Australia. Elston offers a range of risk defined portfolios via our Individually Managed Account (IMA) that is…

  • The Atomic Leg Drop of Charitable Tax Planning

    Using Charitable Tax Planning to Help Hulk Hogan and Other Settlement Recipients Mitigate Tax Submission Holds in Settlements Overview I grew up in the Panama Canal Zone watching “ Lucha Libre” (Wrestling) on Panamanian TV every Sunday morning with my brother eating empanadas. To this day, I remember the names of the wrestlers. Our favourite…

  • 13 Resources to Empower Women Investors

    At a time when women are still making less money than their male counterparts for equal work, the nonprofit Alliance for Investor Education (AIE) is now offering “Women and Investing: Resources to Empower Female Investors” at http://www.investoreducation.org/womeninvesting. AIE is a consortium of 15 leading U.S. financial-related foundations, nonprofit organizations, associations and governmental agencies. Whether it’s…

  • America’s Retirement Crisis

    America’s Retirement Crisis Highlights The Need For Better Financial Advice Ideally, people investing for retirement always should have been able to feel confident that their financial advisors were giving them unbiased advice and recommending what was best for them. That wasn’t necessarily the case, though, which prompted the Department of Labor to issue new fiduciary rules…

  • 3 Avoidable Errors That Could Upend Your Retirement Plans

    As older Americans approach retirement, many may be realizing their financial planning isn’t what it should have been. That could mean they need to postpone retirement – or abandon the idea altogether. “Most people don’t spend much time even thinking about retirement,” says Stephen Ng, author of “10 Financial Mistakes You Should Avoid: Strategies Designed…

  • Overseas Asset Protection and Diversification

    If you’re looking for overseas asset protection and diversification we believe that what our asset protection expert will teach you is the only GLOBALLY compliant way to do it. None of us wish to come under scrutiny for our structuring of our financial assets and protecting our future! This is where the structure our asset…

  • Why Do We Gamble…on Horses, Slots or Wall Street?

    “Visitors to Las Vegas lose around $6 billion a year at the casinos. Yet we keep going back. Even though we know logically that we’ll lose money and that the odds are literally stacked against us, we hold out hope that we will be the special one who hits blackjack and goes home rich. Close your eyes…