They really don’t care about your investment returns, asset protection, your
retirement, your lifestyle or your future. They only care about your money and
how much of it they can claim for themselves. The only way to ensure they get
some of your money, is to make sure they know where your money is, and that is
definitely NOT offshore. Once it goes offshore, they have no further control of
what happens, where it is, or how much there is….. They hate that!
Part of this “mind control” is to promote the evils of all things “offshore”. We
have all heard about high-profile people being busted by the tax authorities in
relation to an offshore scheme to defraud the government, and how people were
raided etc. Ok, these people were stupid and they were breaking the law in the
most blatant way I have seen for a while. I don’t know what they were thinking!
This is NOT what I'm talking about here. I'm suggesting 100% legal, safe and
sensible ways to ensure that you maximise your investment returns by seeking out
the absolute best investments in the world.
We are also told that investing offshore is risky and that if we do invest
outside of our country, we’ll lose all our money. Well, this is ridiculous in
the extreme. You can lose your money in a scam at home just as easily as
overseas. I don’t think investing in shares in London, New York or Frankfurt is
anymore risky than in Sydney. The only thing that should matter to you is,
“where can I get the best return?” Don’t let them fool you into thinking,
Offshore = Bad…. Onshore = Good. This is a fallacy and it’s only put out there
to keep you “under control”.
Tax
Now, 99% of people are honest hardworking citizens who don’t break the law. I
include myself in this group. I, like the rest of the 99%, like to sleep at
night. This means I pay
tax (too much, in my opinion, but that’s another story) but not more than the
law requires me to. I just pay my tax according to the government’s rules, as
you should. Knowing the "rules" is all important here ;)
Maximise Your Income
However, I do try to maximise my income. I can’t do a lot about tax, apart from
know and understand the rules and work with them, but I can do a lot about
income. There are only 3 questions you should ask yourself (in order):
· Where
is the best return?
· Is
the risk of investment in my comfort zone?
· What
can I do to legally maximise my net return after tax?
To answer these questions you need knowledge and information.
However, it’s sometimes not that easy to find the best returns and at the same
time make sure that the risk of investment is under control.
Some people have pointed out they have found better returns than I
talk about in my High Yield Books, and they are sometimes correct, but on
further investigation, I find the investments they are talking about carry a
higher degree of risk or volatility than I would be comfortable telling my
readers about.
Sometimes the investments may have had some short term success but
clearly the chances of them repeating that performance aren’t great either. So
again I have to be careful about putting them in the books.
Risk is a very personal issue, where “return” is not. Everybody
wants a good return, not everybody is prepared for the risk involved.
Rock Solid Returns
For example, if you were looking for an investment that gives you consistent
double-digit returns with minimal risk? Look no further than the Momentum
Assetmaster Fund, a London-based hedge fund launched in 1991 that has never
experienced an annual loss and has averaged an incredible 12.54% per year since
inception. Or how about a “rocket ship” like Cuttyhunk Fund Ltd., launched in
1997? It’s never had a down year and returned an incredible 21% annualised.
These are types of investments that are available offshore and I write about in
my books. They are well suited to a person who wants high returns, but has a low
risk profile. Try and find an ‘Onshore” fund with records as consistent and safe
as these two funds….. Good luck!
Amazing Returns!
What about an investment like Gresham House Investment Trust, the world’s
top-performing investment fund, up an amazing 1,812% since 1996. But chances
are, your broker will never tell you about Gresham House, not to mention more
than 50,000 other offshore funds, plus hundreds of thousands of foreign
companies.
Thousands of safe, top quality investments, with amazing returns,
but alas you will never know about them, because the government simply doesn’t
want you to
know them because they lose control of your money. There is only one person you
can ever trust with your money…..YOU!
In my two books, High Yield Investments 1 & 2 I disclose and details 130 of the
world's very best investments with annual returns from around 25% going right up
to 300%+, covering all risk profiles, so there is definitely an investment there
for everyone type of investor.
Asset Protection
One of the other major benefits of offshore investing, is asset protection.
Often overlooked as a real benefit, until something goes wrong. I’m always
getting emails and letters from people who want asset protection put in place
retrospectively….. Sorry not possible, without breaking the law, and even if you
did, the courts would simply reverse whatever you did and then possibly jail
you. So, putting things in place first is vital.
There is an investment that offers ironclad asset protection, the
“Swiss annuity” . It is synonymous with “asset protection.” Under Swiss law,
creditors can’t attach interests in an insurance policy. And, if you name your
spouse as beneficiary, or name another beneficiary irrevocably, if there is a
claim against you as the policy owner, under Swiss law, the beneficiaries become
the new legal owners of the annuity. Furthermore, it’s perfectly legal for your
self managed super fund to purchase a Swiss annuity.
