How high-earning expats save US$2,000/year through an IRA deduction many US residents can't take
High-earning US citizens and green card holders living and working in low-tax jurisdictions like Hong Kong or Singapore often send substantial US […]
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Financial Planning Service Package
GFM Asset Management runs discretionary, separately managed portfolios of stocks, bonds, and currencies for individual clients, as well as providing comprehensive financial […]
Brief Review of @Motif Investing Platform
This year, I started looking at the Motif investing platform, and for my clients, offering managed accounts through Motif Advisor. Basically, Motif is […]
How Your Financial Advisor Gets Paid: One of the Most Important Questions to Ask
Early in my Wall Street career (but not in business school nor my pre B-school career, somehow) I learned one of the […]
A 63-year chart of US Interest Rates and the 35-year old bond bull market
I love long-term charts, and recently started re-reading the 5th edition of Jeremy Siegel’s classic “Stocks for the Long Run“. Being naturally […]
How different were the German Mark, French Franc, and Italian Lire before the Euro?
Yesterday I posted a 45-year historical chart of 9 currencies where I described the difference between appreciators, depreciators, and long-term range-bound currencies. […]
45-year Historical Chart of 9 Major Currencies Against the US Dollar
This is one of my favorite charts to update and post every now and again, showing the long-term view of how many […]
Dec 8th Event on Year-end Tax-smart Investment Strategies for US Taxpayers
We are pleased to announce our first joint event with Chris Chang of American Pacific Tax, where we discuss the investing and tax sides of real estate and the differences between buying a physical property vs listed real estate investment trusts (REITs). Registration is now open on Eventbrite.
Performance of the GFM Singapore 20 vs the Straits Times Index Tracker Fund 2016
In Hong Kong, we aim to outperform the Hang Seng index through a proprietary selection of stocks we believe are higher quality and/or better valued than the market-cap weighting of the 50 stocks of the index, and in most cases in Hong Kong we also try and avoid low-float companies. For the 12 months ending […]
Performance of the GFM Hong Kong 30 vs the Hang Seng Index Tracker Fund
In Hong Kong, we aim to outperform the Hang Seng index through a proprietary selection of stocks we believe are higher quality […]