From the monthly archives:
One of the issues that expats regularly face but is hardly discussed is the fact that expats may find themselves in prison for various crimes. The Daily Telegraph, a UK newspaper that continues to be the leader in discussing the various aspects of expat life, has a wonderful article on a British female volunteer who [...]
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The Wall Street Journal has a piece on the issues facing couples, specifically couples where both the husband and wife work, who decide to work overseas. There’s a small problem with the article as it talks about Puerto Rico as if it were a foreign destination; it’s not and has been part of the United [...]
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From the Daily Telegraph comes this article on one expat’s efforts to turn an old French abbey into a hotel. The effort has cost him several million dollars and earned him the hatred of the locals. Was it worth it? The article is too short to make a judgment call, but it is interesting to [...]
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Because of ETFs, a person can invest in any market from anywhere in the world. But the explosion of foreign financial exchanges opening in recent years, and a move towards privatization worldwide has given investors almost too many choices. Recent news out of emerging markets has been very good leaving many investors wondering if there’s [...]
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In the next few weeks I am going to list my book on Amazon.com. I think most of the people coming to this site are looking for me to write on topics from an expat perspective, but they’re not coming here to buy a book. To adjust to that I am going to offer my [...]
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According to an article by TheStreet.com, George Soros, hedge fund manager extraordinaire, has announced that China now runs the world. I’ve written on China’s emergence before and what it means for expats. China is now the world’s second largest economy, and it is certainly an important story to follow. But is China really running the [...]
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The New York Times has a great article by Michael T. Luongo on the advantages gained from networking with other expats while abroad. For some odd reason, my site is not mentioned as a possible source of information for expat information! Anyway, the article describes the importance of maintaining relationships with your fellow expats while [...]
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The Daily Telegraph has a story about a German expat living in Indonesia who allegedly insulted Islam in front of villagers when complaining about statues on his property being defaced. The villagers preceded to riot and burned down his home. The expat then fled into the forest. Western expats in the Muslim world regularly get [...]
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I grew up in Los Angeles, a city beset by earthquakes and a place where most of the residents have a gnawing fear of the eventual Big One, the earthquake that will register extremely high on the Richter scale and destroy the city. The Richter scale, for those of my readers who are unfamiliar with [...]
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Eurocost International has released its list of the top twenty most expensive cities to live in for expats. What’s interesting about the list is that there are a number of very poor country’s cities on it. Why is that? Expats versus immigrants (a small rant) I’ve mentioned before that the term “expat” has been co-opted [...]
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