Imagine two countries. In one, the economy grows slowly and its stock market moves at a similar pace. The other country’s economy grows by leaps and bounds, but its stock market just seems to get worse and worse.
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Tag Archives: International (Sentinel)
Pay As You Go: Tax Rules Upon Expatriation
As the United States tax code grows each year, so too does the number of American citizens contemplating expatriation. Any …
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No Interest In Foreign Accounts
The IRS has been aggressive recently in pursuing tax cheats who have hidden assets in offshore accounts. Penalties for not …
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Dragging Secret Accounts Into The Open
As I learned back in elementary school, “Secrets, secrets are no fun.” This is especially true when the secrets involve …
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Maximize Benefits Of Banking Without Borders
Nations may still be divided by closely watched boundaries and vast oceans, but the global economy has no borders, and …
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Bernanke & Co. Play A Confidence Game
On an August Sunday in 1971, President Richard M. Nixon ordered the world to trust the full faith and credit …
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Worst-Case Scenario Is Not Pretty
America and the world have a lot to lose if we exhaust other countries’willingness to fund our borrow-and-spend tendencies. Already, …
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Canada Settles Issues; America Belabors Them
SHERBROOKE, Quebec — As night falls and a frigid December wind blasts across Quebec’s Eastern Townships, the 100-foot-tall illuminated cross …
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Former Hostage Surveys Today’s Landscape
Few Americans have more experience with militant Islam than Terry Anderson. Anderson was chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated …
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Japan: A Real Recovery?
The Japanese Nikkei stock index jumped 39% from its bottom in April 2003 through the end of October. This indicates …
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