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Only on bank interest and you have to declare all foreign accounts over $10k. The rules change fast so I may be off on that. It might be one has to declare all accounts foreign.
Also, I have heard that I am exempt from O-care unless I spend more …
Not your fault. Mother Nature interfered with your daily linking.
I believe the answer to the main question is for the expat to have a US address and a US bank account.
Just to prove the point that more money does not make better roads, in the Seattle area where I come from we have the terminus for I-90 which had been left incomplete for years. When they finally did connect it to I-5, the cost was over 1billion per…
Crash, I rented a Patriot a couple of years ago back stateside. Generally it was a okay vehicle but my peeve was the sharp end of a screw on the seat frame that caught my ankle more than once. Don't they think of these things when they put them toge…
Hopefully that was the case. In this day and age when most fund families conduct business and communications over the internet it should be a moot point. They all ask for a SS number which should clear up any notions that one is not a citizen.
Were not these new regulations some sort of retaliation against the "filthy rich" who decided to move their money offshore to avoid taxation? It seems to me this was a populist move by the 0bama admin. The ever growing apathy against wealthy people …
This is news to me. I knew about the bank regulations. HSBC used to have a good account setup for expats but I have heard that it has been dropped. I guess having a US address is the key.
I don't have the answers either but having worked for a non-profit health system, I felt better in a way than working down the street for the profit based one.
If single payer ends up being the best plan I would refer to the Australia health plan.…
This was a good fund in the 90's and I owned it. But AC started to use it in their fund of funds collections and I got out shortly after they closed it. I agree with VintageFreak on this one. Why?
As a long term American Century investor, I would t…
Part of this inability to predict the future are the unknown events that will occur out of the blue. Sept. 11, Arab Spring, and China's bullying on neighboring countries to name a few.
According to this site the water is not all that pure.
http://waterquality.waterfiltercomparisons.com/chicago-il-drinking-water-quality-report/
They even found lead in the water. No surprise there with all the lead flying around.
Thanks for the information rono. I'm not quite in that position. My issue is that while I do have plenty of assets they are mostly in IRA rollover accounts of which I have about 18 more months until I can access. Buying insurance at this time even w…
The media is playing with consumers. One day stocks are good, next day it's head for the hills.
http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA3G0NA20140417?irpc=932
One can get whiplash from this back and forth.
I would like to have insurance for major medical. That is the fear of most people if one has a heart attack or stroke or accident. I do admit I am in a unique situation.
I'm afraid age is catching up to me. A few years ago I was diagnosed with typ…
From what I keep hearing everything is more expensive, taxes are increasing, and pay raises (if they happen) are minuscule. A lot of people are working new jobs for less wages.
One can cherry pick stats to show economic growth but the average midd…
This was breaking news just as I was headed for bed last night. After some thinking I don't see how this would affect Apple and the others as they are planning pay services that would satisfy the royalties laws. The big difference is that Apple woul…
Not all that long ago I considered Mr. Gross one of the brightest minds in the financial world. This story along with all the others that have floated out there does make me wonder what happened to him? He is 70 years old so it could be possible th…
It is very possible that Schwab will have funds that are close or equal to what you had at TRP with lower fees to boot. That would be something to consider.
Back to investing, the same scenarios apply when one inputs their portfolio on websites. Ads for similar funds and other vehicles start to show up. In a way it is no different than twenty some odd years ago when I purchased a house or a car. Instead…
