Our uncategorised section gathers miscellaneous insights for UK expats, from emerging trends in emigration to general financial tips, all with a focus on low-fee, transparent approaches. While these may not fit neatly elsewhere, they offer valuable perspectives on taxes, investments, and more. We hope you find these useful as supplementary reading, and getting a second opinion can help integrate them into your overall plan.
Vietnam as of writing is going though, unprecedented growth for the last 5 years averaging 6.7% a year. https://www.focus-economics.com/countries/vietnam Even though, that as of mid-2020 has somewhat slowed down like the rest of the world, I still believe it...
FIRE stands for financial freedom and early retirement. It is becoming popular. Young people are looking. This article will explain more about the FIRE movement. For anyone that has been reading my blogs for some time will know that I am a big fan of the...
Teaching has its perks because it gives you a huge sense of satisfaction when learners understand what you are teaching and they go on to achieve more than what you could have hoped for them. Teaching in China can be a lucrative market with 300 million Chinese wanting...
HMRC, fortunately, has announced that British expats can claim exceptional circumstances if they are stranded, without a clear route back to their country of residence. What about the 183 day limit? It is a bit of a myth that UK expats don’t pay any tax...
I have written this article for U.K expats or personnel that worked in the U.K now living overseas about the options of moving a U.K pension into SIPPs or QROPs. Firstly, before we go on let's talk about, what is a QROPs and SIPPs. Qualified Reconciled Pension Scheme...
If you are a U.K citizen living offshore, for working or retirement. You do have some options to look for from an investment perspective mainly back in the U.K and offshore and will need to consider what is viable options for you, so help clarify in this article. How...
Interest rates, 10 years ago were at the highs of 6% in the developed countries. Personally, I don’t think we will ever see Interest rates the way they use to be before the financial crash of 2008. Seeing equities as the only real saving option other than the...
Consider something for a moment. If you stock pick (individual stocks) rather than buying funds, you have an 80%+ chance of not beating the market over a 5 year period. That goes down to about 98%+ over a 40 year + investment career. There are...
Japan has a surprisingly liberal system for foreigners owning property in the country, which flies in the face of the stereotypical notion that the Japanese economy is closed to the outside world. Japan’s demographic time bomb Japan’s population could fall in half in...
The COVID-19 virus has come to affect the global economy know as the corona shock. What has been the effect so far? It has upset the worlds stock markets with the largest exchange, the New York Stock Exchange has seen record volatility dipping to its lowest point in...
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