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Want a Visa or Second Passport? You’ll Need to Pass This Test

Ted Baumann · August 5, 2023 ·

10 Areas Governments May Check Before Giving You Residency or Citizenship Two weeks ago, U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman, who’s in charge of …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 4, 2023 ·

How the Middle East Could Eclipse America. “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”—William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet) In …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 3, 2023 ·

This Green Policy Could Mean the End of Ukraine. Today’s dispatch comes to you from the very sunny, southern Portuguese coast known as the …

Jeff D. Opdyke · August 2, 2023 ·

A European Lifestyle Is Easier to Obtain Than You Think… Can one ever tire of sangria? Is it even possible? I’ve just finished my first …

Jeff D. Opdyke · July 24, 2023 ·

The Advantages and Failings of the Fastest-Growing App Ever. Yulia, my wife, called me into the bedroom, where I found her, laptop on her lap, …

Jeff D. Opdyke · July 23, 2023 ·

Understanding the Next Millionaire Maker Investment… We sit on the cusp of an event that will create millionaires many times over… after all the …

Ted Baumann · July 22, 2023 ·

The 2 Key Points to Know About Getting Citizenship by Investment… When it comes to passports, not just any will do. Hundreds of people who …

Jeff D. Opdyke · July 21, 2023 ·

Europe’s first spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund is set to launch later this month. This comes as some of the biggest names on Wall Street are …

Jeff D. Opdyke · July 20, 2023 ·

This Energy U-Turn Points the Way to Huge Profits… If ever there was a poster child for “Well, that didn’t work as planned,” it’s Norway and what …

Jeff D. Opdyke · July 19, 2023 ·

These Crypto Tokens Aren’t Just Pieces of Digital Art Anymore… Six months ago—in late January—I wrote this as the lead sentence in a dispatch I …