Offshore non-U.S. resident trusts are becoming a popular planning vehicle for U.S. citizens, residents, and domiciles for a variety of reasons. Indeed, foreign trusts are a bit of craze for U.S. persons and citizens seeking to diversify their investment portfolios outside the U.S. dollar and outside the physical confines of U.S. borders. Such trusts can facilitate inter-generational wealth transfer planning, marital planning, and provide to the settlor a degree of asset protection planning really unachievable in the domestic U.S. setting given the generous anti-creditor lawsuit statutes in most offshore foreign jurisdictions. Please note that all irrevocable foreign trusts of this type are "grantor" trusts (if they have a U.S. beneficiary) for U.S.

Once upon a time in a far away land lived a community of farmers. They work the land for its fruits and most farmers raised one or two cows and enjoyed the milk they provided. Everybody was happy and generally prosperous. The farms were passed on from generation to generation and life was a long and quiet river…

Middle of Nowhere, Italy – I have been to Italy many times over the past few years. Normally the trips are focused on visiting various cities. I've been to Venice, Verona, Milan, Bergamo, Rimini, Rome, Pescara and several other cities in the country.

The past week has been my first trip in the Italian countryside though. And I must admit, I'm impressed. I have never been too impressed with Italian cities.

Venice is cool to visit for a day or two. It is a unique experience and something everyone should see. But after 1-2 days, that's enough.

It was interesting to see the balcony where Romeo made his famous declaration to Juliet in Verona.

Milan is famous for its fashion. Bergamo is a nice enough town.

Rimini is an overcrowded beach town.

Traditional Fixed Income investors are faced with a true conundrum today. The investor that I am referring to is one who would ordinarily have their portfolio weighted more toward fixed income, i.e., bonds, CD's, preferred stock, dividend stocks, etc., than equities. Either due to age and a need to preserve capital or an aversion to the risk present in the equity markets, many seek the comfort of asset classes that are not as volatile and provide a known yield like the coupon payable on a treasury bond or bank issued certificate of deposit.

Recently as my business travels took me to Belize, Switzerland and Panama I realized two things.

One, I really need to brush up on my German and Spanish, and two - language aside - a staggering amount of people worldwide are risking losing their money by not looking after their foundations of income.

My company Advisor Ink's mission is to increase clients' overall net worth with tax, investment and real estate strategies both in the US and internationally.

By working carefully to best preserve their wealth we help out clients to sleep soundly at night safe in the knowledge that they'll have a guaranteed income for life.

This week, Hemispheres Publishing hosted its 13th Annual Global Asset Protection Symposium on the paradisiacal Belizean island, Ambergris Caye. With support from our sponsors, Escape Artist, Capstone Capital Advisors and Caye Bank, this event successfully hosted over 80 people.

We are excited to announce that due to all of the dedication and hard work from the children and families outside of the trash dump here in Managua that we have reached our eco-brick halfway point and are on schedule to start construction on the sewing studio after Christmas! We have over 3,000 eco-bricks and the community has really come together and embraced this project in a special way. As we prepare for construction starting on February 1, 2014, we are still seeking funding for sewing machines, tables, chairs and also more volunteers to help us on the ground here. Want to join in on the fun but you aren't good with a hammer? Don't worry - you don't need a background in construction for this project!

In the recently published 2013-2014 Human Development Regional Report by the UNDP, focused on Citizen Security, Nicaragua features as the second safest country in Latin America.

MANAGUA, NICARAGUA, November 20, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In the recently published 2013-2014 Human Development Regional Report by the UNDP, focused on Citizen Security, Nicaragua features as the second safest country in Latin America in terms of homicide rate, assault victims rate, and authority of the National Police.