Yes, you can own real estate in an IRA, but should you?
How to buy real estate in an IRA It is actually relatively easy to buy real estate in an IRA. The main […]
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How to save $1,000,000 in an IRA by age 59 1/2 on a few hundred per month
One of the biggest complaints I hear about US Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) is that the maximum contribution limits are too low […]
How to have over $1,000,000 in MPF by age 40
If you have worked as a professional in Hong Kong since the first MPF scheme was launched in December 2000, and contributed […]
List of Foreign Universities on the US DoE list, for 529 Plans
529 plans are one of the best US tax-advantaged vehicles for college savings. While 529 plans are sponsored by a US state, […]
Why I recommend Utah as the best 529 plan for US taxpayers living overseas
529 plans are a US tax shelter providing 100% tax-free treatment of investment gains if used for qualifying educational expenses. 529 plans […]
How to Beat the Market, Factor 3b: Avoid the Biggest Companies, Remember Dow vs S&P
“Buy a low cost, passive index fund, and hold it for the long term” is probably one of the most mainstream pieces […]
How to Beat the Market, Factor 3: Buy Small Cap Value, Not the Big “Glamour” Stocks
For the third factor in this series, I wanted to highlight two of the most “classical” factors for classifying and selecting stocks: […]
How to Beat the Market, Factor 2: Buyback Yield and Total Shareholder Return
Buyback yield is one of the top factors I look for in stocks of companies I buy. Buyback yield can be thought […]
How to Beat the Market, Factor 1: Following Insider Buying
It goes without saying that listed company insiders know more about what is going on within a company and what its near-term […]
PFIC: How Non-US Mutual Funds are a 4-letter word to Americans Overseas
Many Americans living outside the US have visited their local bank to be told that they are not allowed to purchase investment […]