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7 Ways to Save on Taxes Abroad

Ted Baumann · December 16, 2024 ·

You Could Pay 0% Income Taxes… As the US tax season gets going, I thought it would be useful to say a few words about optimizing your taxes through …

Ted Baumann · December 15, 2024 ·

9 Out of 10 People Haven’t Thought of This… I paused to consider what I’d just heard. “Really? Fifteen rental properties around the world? Why, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 13, 2024 ·

The Case for Putting 5% of Your Wealth in BTC. It’s always nice to know you’re not the only lunatic. I woke up today and, as I do every morning, I …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 11, 2024 ·

Am I Selling a Lifestyle Most Americans Can Never Experience? It turns out I’m a “tradwife.” Yeah, I know—“Kinda hard to be a tradwife, El Jefe, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 9, 2024 ·

Today in Field Notes, we’re doing something different. Every Tuesday for the past few weeks, you’ve been hearing at the end of every dispatch from …

Ted Baumann · December 7, 2024 ·

I swung precariously about 100 feet above the forest floor. The motorized zip line chair I’d chosen for a canopy tour had run out of battery, and I …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 6, 2024 ·

Trump’s Plan to Solve the National Debt With Crypto. Bitcoin $100,000. Well, more accurately, it’s bitcoin $103,249.98 as I write this. For …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 5, 2024 ·

But I Did Go Christmas-Tree Shopping… Oh, the weather outside’s not frightful. But this line to buy a Christmas tree is delightful. Because I’ve …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 4, 2024 ·

What My Granny Taught Me About Investing. Today, I pay homage to my granny. She’d hate that. She never wanted to be the center of attention. Not …

Jeff D. Opdyke · December 3, 2024 ·

The Facts Have Changed—But I Haven’t Changed My Mind. When the facts change, I change my mind. Unless I don’t. And today’s dispatch is very much …