The Little-Known Trick for Tax-Free Gains
Even with the big drop this week, some people have made a lot of money in the stock market this year. Certain small-cap technology and pharmaceutical stocks, for example, saw gains up to 2,000% from the beginning of the year to their top in mid-September. Some investors continue to hold those stocks, of course. But…
Brandan Furnace
Don’t Let Online Scammers Ruin Your Holiday Season: 3 Warning Signs
Decorations are popping up everywhere. There are twinkling lights and wreathes at every turn. And the shoppers are out in force after a sustained rebound in the economy. The National Retail Federation estimates that consumers will spend close to $721 billion this holiday shopping season — up nearly 5% from the previous year. Scammers want…
Step Free of Government Chaos by Moving Investments Offshore to Uruguay
Stepping out of the airport after my nine-hour flight, I took a deep breath and soaked in the sun. It was like coming home. I never expected another country to feel quite so familiar, relaxing and inviting. I also couldn’t get much farther from my rolling, green Kentucky hills than standing in Montevideo, Uruguay. But…
Big Telecom Companies Ignore Phone Scammers
Last week, one of my colleagues posted an urgent message on our internal idea-sharing group. She’d received a robocall from someone purporting to be from the Social Security Administration. It said: “We had to suspend your Social Security number for suspicious activity. Press 1 to continue.” Her heart skipped a beat, she said … and…
10 Ways to Beat Phone Call Scammers & Change Your Phone Habits
“A pestilence.” “Deserving of a fate worse than death.” “A curse on all their houses.” Those were some of the comments regarding last week’s article, about the scammers responsible for the epidemic of scam phone calls. To recap: By mid-2019, half of all U.S. phone calls will be scams. Ninety percent of those calls will…
Decentralized Apps aka “Dapps” Keep Your Phone Safe From Hackers
When the first iPhone came out back in 2007, the only apps it had were made by Apple. There was no such thing as “third-party apps.” Then, just over a year later, the iPhone 3G came out, which included a new feature called the “App Store.” At the time, there was a selection of 500…
Big Data Regulations Reveal Profits From Your Privacy
Article Highlights Big Data companies make billions of dollars of profits every quarter by exploiting your data. Two senators just introduced legislation for Big Data oversight. Regulation will probably knock double digits off Big Data’s share prices. Whenever financial writers talk about Big Data — Facebook, Google, Amazon, Microsoft and other players — they use…
“Coffee Cancer Warning” Craziest Lawsuit of 2018
Could your next cup of coffee kill you? That’s the subject of an ongoing legal case in California. Last year, a state judge ruled in favor of a group of lawyers that’s suing 90 coffee sellers across the state, including Starbucks. The lawyers claim the businesses failed to warn customers about the risk of cancer…
A Place to Call Home
Sitting on the balcony of my hotel room watching the waves rush to the shore, I tried to pinpoint the moment I fell in love. And it wasn’t the miles of nearly empty beaches with some of the softest sand I’ve ever walked on, the amazing food or the incredibly kind people. It came down…
The U.S. Ranked 35th in This Freedom Test
I found myself in an airport again on Wednesday. I was flying to Atlanta for a quick leadership conference. And as I wandered through the terminal, waiting for my delayed flight to start boarding, I took a moment to feel the energy of the place. There was momentum. Everyone walked with purpose. A father tugged…