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Expat Corner

An SI Board Since September 2000

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Emcee: GeoDude	Type: Moderated

Introduction Compact

As an expatriate worker (i.e. working in a country other than my country of citizenship and more often than not in a third world country), I face different constraints and benefits than the average Joe when it comes to investing.

Constraints of interest (that I have faced) are:

difficulty in reliable trading caused by poor communications systems i.e. must invest in the medium/long term

difficulty with time zones i.e. market open when normal sleep time

difficulty with currencies

difficulty with taxes

benefits are mostly better tax-protected salaries

This subject is meant for expats to discuss these issues and to share some good investment ideas. Hopefully we can all benefit from this.

Regards,

Lost in Africa

PS I may start a model portfolio for stocks that suit our investment style. My bias is medium risk/high rewards but long term investments but I am open to suggestions.

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41	After so many years, I am back on SI. Of course my old account has disappeared.	Lost in Jakarta	-	7/25/2017
40	The Naz has sustained a decent rally since the last post. Not too jumpy and stea	GeoDude	-	5/23/2001
39	Here we are 2 1/2 months later. The Naz went from over 2800 to 1785. A huge drop	GeoDude	-	4/6/2001
38	Life is good. Up 31% YTD on the full portfolio (which was 24% cash until a few d	GeoDude	-	1/24/2001
37	Up 31% on the stocks in the portfolio. I will add 2 more for the remaining $24,0	GeoDude	-	1/22/2001
36	Bruce: as long as you're happy, that's all that matters. You got me re	GeoDude	-	1/12/2001
35	LIA, I like shoveling snow <g>. It's -15C, sunny and I'm going sk	Bruce Robbins	-	1/12/2001
34	Well it is January 12th and the port. is up 11.2% thanks to JMAR with its news o	GeoDude	-	1/12/2001
33	LIA, As you know, there are very few producing PGE mines and IMO we will not se	Bruce Robbins	-	1/4/2001
32	Bruce, agree with you on the cloudy future. Gold has not yet caught my fancy bu	GeoDude	-	1/4/2001
31	LIA, I am taking advantage of gold right now thanks to Al. Buying some cheap ph	Bruce Robbins	-	1/4/2001
30	Bruce, I took advantage of yesterday to "liquidate" some of my person	GeoDude	-	1/4/2001
29	LIA, I hope you didn't liquidate that portfolio from last year- it was prob	Bruce Robbins	-	1/4/2001
28	Thanks for the recommendation- I'll do my DD <g>. I am also a contrari	Bruce Robbins	-	1/2/2001
27	AEC.to (AOG) would be a safe good pick. How much room is left is always the big	GeoDude	-	1/2/2001
26	Definately smart people on SI. Raging Bull, Yahoo etc are pretty sad. As for PDL	Bruce Robbins	-	1/2/2001
25	Thanks Bruce. Enjoyable and profitable 2K1 to you (and your family) too ... All	GeoDude	-	1/2/2001
24	True.. This week should set the tone whether professionals are bearish or not..	Sultan	-	1/2/2001
23	Sultan, Best wishes to you too. 2000 may have been ugly (although overall +ve f	GeoDude	-	1/2/2001
22	LIA All the best for 2001.. This year certainly has been very ugly. If you get	Sultan	-	12/29/2000
21	Happy New Year LIA. Hope your picks work out. Just wondering, how do you trade U	Bruce Robbins	-	12/29/2000
20	OK This is the dawn of a new year. And all the past should be forgotten. To help	GeoDude	-	12/29/2000
19	This is bad news for chip stocks. The early proof that a bad trend is in place..	GeoDude	-	12/21/2000
18	This news should help this little stock. The only unknown is "can they keep	GeoDude	-	12/18/2000
17	Travel and work are keeping me from a close watch on my stocks. Not knowing help	GeoDude	-	12/18/2000

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