Legal Investing Offshore:
What Your Broker Won't Tell You.

Why won't he/she tell you about investing offshore?

Because, in the U.S.A., a) he/she could go to jail if you are not an accredited investor and b) some global investing isn't available

Go to jail? Really? Yes.

US laws prohibit a licensed financial planner, broker or financial advisor from telling anyone in the United states other than accredited investors about certain high yield onshore or investing offshore opportunities

In theory, this is for your own good.

What is an accredited investor?

Someone who can write a check for $1,000,000 and have it not bounce

or

someone who can prove that he/she has earned $200,000 within each of the last 2 years and will continue to do so.

The rest of us are locked out from investing offshore.

What about investments not being available in the U.S.?

If you're outside the U.S., bear with me as this country is so restrictive and has such stringent tax laws that a presence offshore and an understanding of onshore is vital.

Often offshore investing avoids the US Stock Exchange because they don't want to jump through the hoops of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Avoiding hoops means quicker and cheaper.

Quicker and cheaper means higher returns for you.

Why the hoops? to protect Wall Street.

So IPOs or pre-IPOs look to the foreign stock exchanges to offer their products and services, sometimes even thought their main business is located in the U.S.

But there are ways around all this with offshore corporations and bank accounts, which can invest anywhere in the world. See havens. and offshore incorporation.

I belong to a financial education organization, which hosts offshore conferences where I hear about such global investing opportunities. I also subscribe to organizations offering offshore investment advice.

But wait, there's more . .

Forex

As the dollar declines, the foreign exchange market grows bigger and more profitable.

Foreign exchange or forex as it is know means trading currencies. We've seen the growth of Australia, New Zealand and Canada as well as the increased value of the Euro and the growing value of the Japanese Yen. Click here to see the offshore investing offshore possibilities in the forex market.

Precious Metals

Again, the declining dollar shores up the value of gold and silver so that investing in gold and silver, you can expect a long term gain.

Many avenues open up for gold and silver, including investing in mines, buying bullion or bullion coins and stocks. Click here for investing in gold and silver.

Offshore Investment Funds

Yep. Funds offshore, similar to those onshore create good and less risky options for investors.

Funds operate pretty much offshore as they do on, limiting risk by spreading it over several investments. Funds have usually been a better option for many people, so we mustn't forget about them here. Click here for more on offshore investment funds