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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
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  <![CDATA[ The Seven Simple Secrets of Naturally Lucky People ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=94</link> 
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        We've all seen people who are just naturally lucky.
        They're the ones who manage to sail through life with more unexplainable &quot;lucky breaks&quot; and fewer disappointments than most people get. Success just seems to come easier for them.
        Where most folks have to struggle just to get ahead, lucky people regularly have opportunities just plop down in their laps. Of course, they work hard, but that doesn't fully explain the special treatment that life seems to reserve for them.
        It almost appears that they were born with the proverbial silver spoon in their mouths. Or born under a luckier star than most mere mortals.
        Well, cheer up; neither stars nor spoons are at work here. All they have is seven simple secrets.
        These secrets are easy little things that you can begin applying in your own life. And when you do, things will start to change for you.  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
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  <![CDATA[ What we Think of Obama and Why we Don't Do Politics! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=93</link> 
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        By Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
        There&rsquo;s a good reason why we have barely commented on the US election race until now. We don&rsquo;t really do politics here at The Q Wealth Report. Years of experience have made us grow cynical of politicians of all stripes, and we doubt that even the President of the USA wields the power popularly attributed to him. He is not, after all, a dictator!
        Our view is that we have to seek the way to get ahead as individuals no matter who is in government or what government does. &ldquo;Yes we can&rdquo; - in spite of politicians! So when we open our mouths we want to say something useful, not just contribute to the background noise of meaningless commentary. Now seems to be one of those moments when we should comment on politics. So here goes&hellip;
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  <pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Where is Gold Going vs. USD? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=92</link> 
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        &quot;Gold, you and your cohorts have been accused of misleading investors into thinking that you would help them preserve their wealth, when exactly the opposite has been true of late. How do you plead?&quot;
        
        That's the subject of a fascinating new debate article by David Galland that we've just added to our 'Free Articles' section. David brings some new insight in an easy-to-read manner and includes some useful charts to back up the arguments. You can read http://www.qwealthreport.com/trial_of_gold.php
        
        Just today we've seen the dollar dipping once again into its downward spiral. Don't be misled by short term booms! And as further evidence that the government's conspiracy to control money is breaking, sovereign countries are beginning to reject the so-called anti money laundering controls that the US is seeking to impose on the rest of the world.
        A lucky few will be  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Ten Reasons to Throw Away Your Television ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=91</link> 
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        As far back as 1999, a study by&nbsp;the American Academy of Pediatrics concluded: &ldquo;We believe that reducing television viewing should become a population health priority.&rdquo;
        A group of Oxford University researchers have found that kids who have television sets in their bedrooms are much more likely to sleep less than those who do not.&nbsp; On average they are deprived of a month&rsquo;s sleep per year.&nbsp; A whole month&rsquo;s sleep in every year.
        It might surprise you to learn that children who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to end up smoking, drinking alcohol and using drugs by the age of 12 to 14. 
        Watching television before going to bed - or worse still watching it when we are in bed &ndash; in itself actively reduces our chances of a good night&rsquo;s sleep
        Here are ten reasons  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Will Governments Shut Down the Markets Altogether? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=90</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
The jury is out on this question. It is however under serious consideration. Some financial big guns apparently believe so.
"Systemic risk has become bigger and bigger ... don't be surprised if policy makers need to close down markets for a week or two in coming days". Those are the words of New York professor and former senior advisor to the US Treasury Nouriel Roubini, interviewed by Bloomberg. He continues: "Things will get much worse before they get better. I fear the worst is ahead of us.''
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has also discussed shutting down the markets. He first said that world leaders were discussing shutting down global financial exchanges, and then later said he didn't mean it.
Apparently, the US is following the interventionist example of Pakistan! According to a commentator at Naked Capitalism:

Their stock-market falls like crazy so  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Take a Step Back from the Financial Situation ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=89</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The&nbsp;Q Wealth Report
For a while recently, let’s say the first half of October this year, the talking heads got to me.&nbsp;I was glued to the financial crisis. I was watching CNN and BBC World, and dozens of different RSS feeds on the internet, reading all the commentary, checking currency rates every few minutes…
It took a long, introspective walk on the beach for me to realize I was taking entirely the wrong approach. It is so easy to be sucked into mass media hysteria. It was happening to me. It happens to all of us at times. But it’s much more important to take a step back and look at the bigger picture. 
The markets are being manipulated. We are not in a free market situation. We are now dealing with government owned banks in North America, Europe and  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Why it’s good to spend money before you earn it! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=88</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ By Bill Conde for The Q Wealth Report
Conventional wisdom has it that if you want to become very wealthy (in monetary terms) you need to save money and not buy things that will decline in value, like cars and consumer goods, on credit. I agree. But here is one technique I learned from my father that has helped me many times to get those consumer goods I wanted – quickly and without building up debt.
Most people will wander around shops looking at things, starting with the base of what their budget is. I work the other way around. I start out deciding what I want, then I figure out the budget I need and how to get it. (I even do this with real estate, which drives realtors crazy because I will never tell them the price range I am looking at.)
Anyway, this technique is deceptively simple. Go  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ UK uses Anti-Terrorism Legislation to Seize £4 Billion from Iceland ]]>
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  <![CDATA[ Legislation originally drafted to prevent terrorist financing has been used by the UK government to seize around £4 billion from two Icelandic banks, according to a report by Bloomberg.&nbsp;British PM Gordon Brown has reportedly threatened to seize&nbsp;more Icelandic assets in the UK.
In what the Financial Times described as an 'ill-considered invocation of anti-terror laws' the UK Treasury seized assets in an attempt to protect British creditors who held deposits in failed Icelandic banks. One of the assets seized was the UK bank Singer and Friedlander (also a major offshore player through its Isle of Man subsdiary) which was owned by Icelandic bank Kaupthing. This pre-emptive move, according to the Icelanders, was what precipitated Kaupthing's failure, as loan covenants on the British subsidiary were activated.

What do we learn from this? Iceland went in about a week from a small, respectable Western European nation to being brought  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Offshore Offspring: Best Places to Bring Up Expat Children ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=86</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ Spain, France and Germany are listed as the best locations for expats to raise their children, according to the findings of the second report of three in the Expat Explorer survey, "Offshore Offspring."
Expat parents were asked to rate their host country in five areas:
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Time their children spent outdoors&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Time their children spent studying&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Cost of raising children&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Number of languages spoken by their children&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; * Whether their children would remain in the country
Spain, India and China are the cheapest countries in which to raise children, with half (55%, 50% and 50% respectively) of expats living in these countries reporting they experienced reduced costs for their children compared to their country of origin. The survey also revealed that finance capitals are the most expensive countries in which to raise children.
Almost half (44%) of expats reported that their  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ The Doomed Dying Dollar and Why it is Getting Stronger! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=85</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ Five days ago I wrote a blog entry about 'The Doomed Dying Dollar.' Yet the dollar remains strong. Why? 
Markets have always taken an extremely short-term view, and never more so than now. What we saw yesterday, for example, was a substantial fall in the Mexican peso and the Brazilian real. The peso, which has been stable against the dollar since 1995, fell 25%, until the Mexican Central Bank intervened with $2.5 billion and it went up again. The Brqazilian government similarly intervened.
The dollar, in my view, is still due to take a big hit... but it might take days, weeks or even months until this happens. The longer it takes, the worse it will be when it happens. I've been reading recently about people moving into US treasuries as a safe haven. This is absolutely nuts. How can the obligations of a country that was already bankrupt and just printed another $700  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ They can't print Gold out of thin air... or can they? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=84</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
Bernanke is about to fire up the printing press to maximum capacity. The dollar surged today against all logic (stock market down, the Fed printing money like never before...) But I predict it will do an about face and precious metals will break out in spectacular fashion.&nbsp;Buy gold, physical only...ignore the manipulated paper market.
Why do I say that? Because the whole point of buying gold is that you can't print it. Or can you?
As I predicted last week, we are seeing a big and growing divergence between&nbsp;the official gold &nbsp;'spot' price and the price at which you can actually buy the stuff. 
Why is this? I found a good reply on marketwatch.com to someone who said you can't print gold out of thin air:

Actually they are (sort of) [printing gold out of  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Looking for the “Right” Wealth Creating Opportunity for You ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=83</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ Are you sitting, waiting for the “right” opportunity to come along? Follow this advice.
By Dr Richard Cawte
There are plenty of opportunities out there.&nbsp; The deal of a decade doesn’t happen once every ten years, it happens as often as you want it to.&nbsp; Life is not about opportunity, it’s about choices: the choices you make each and every day.&nbsp; Are you choosing to welcome new opportunities or have you already decided that things never go your way, that someone else is always the lucky one?
One thing is for sure: if you are in a permanent state of high stress, worrying about money, fretting over how you’re going to pay the bills, you will find it harder to bring the wealth that you want into your life.&nbsp; It’s a simple rule: it doesn’t matter how many ships there are  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ The Doomed Dying Dollar and the AIG-inspired Bank Run ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=82</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
I don't want to be a prophet of doom. In fact, I consider myself an optimist. But it really doesn't take a genius in economics to see that the bailout approved last week equates to a devaluation of the US dollar. I've talked about the creep and the jerks controlling the USD in The Q Wealth Report issue 50. That report is one you can obtain FREE simply by signing up to Q Bytes, our email newsletter which coincidentally is also free! See the sidebar on the right, and follow the sign up process to receive free downloadable access to issue 50 if you are not a subscriber.
Anyway, when it comes to the creep and the jerks,&nbsp;last week&nbsp;was a jerk, as we are used to seeing in economies like Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.&nbsp;So why did the dollar  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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  <![CDATA[ The Difference between Offshore Bank and Brokerage Accounts ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=81</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ Clients often ask what are the principal differences between Offshore Bank Accounts and Offshore Brokerage Accounts?
Offshore bank accounts (corporate or personal) are&nbsp;held by banks. They offer traditional banking services which make it more convenient to utilize the assets held in the accounts for purposes like everyday spending, receipt and distribution of funds. They usually offer online internet banking and debit/credit card facilities.
Offshore brokerage or trading accounts on the other hand are administered by private investment firms. The main advantage of offshore trading accounts&nbsp;when compared to bank accounts is that besides being able to hold cash in multiple currencies, they can also hold and transact in stocks, instantly and online.&nbsp;You can also buy&nbsp;any number of other types of investments including bonds, mutual funds, derivatives and commodities. They do as such offer greater flexibility in terms of providing access to a& ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Do You Have a Problem? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=80</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ By John L. Herman Jr.
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Some business owners are like ostriches. They bury their heads in the sand. I have talked with owners who owed millions in debt, were 120 days late on their accounts payable, and couldn't price and order correctly - and they still looked at me like I was crazy when I said they should sell and get out.
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What was I talking about? They had no problem. Hell, the company had lived on this precarious edge for years. This time was no different from any of the other bad spells. It would all be over soon. After all, they had always recovered before.
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If you own a business, ask yourself these questions:
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·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Do I have enough money in the bank to pay one month's worth of bills?
·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Are  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ "Desperate Shortage" of Gold Results in Dual Pricing ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=79</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
Shortly after Friday's announcement that the US Mint had stopped selling bullion coins, an Irish Sunday newspaper has broken the story of a major retail gold shortage worldwide. This bears out my own experiences of the last few days, when a few emails to my regular banking contacts in Europe seeking to buy physical gold bullion on behalf of clients were met with responses like "it will be very expensive" or "our compliance department will go ballistic."
According to the story, wholesalers reported that government mints and refiners, the primary suppliers of the metals, had stopped offering new supplies, suggesting that the restrictions on the market come from Central Bankers working in unison, rather than simply the US Mint as we believed at first. 
It seems investors are running scared of gold ETFs as reported on my personal blog overnight, and with  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ What Lincoln Would Have Said to Paulson's $700 billion ransom ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=78</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ "These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert to fleece the people, and now that they have got into a quarrel with themselves, we are called uponto appropriate the people's money to settle the quarrel."- Abraham Lincoln, speech to Illinois legislature, January 1837
No comment - enough said! ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 27 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ How to Protect Your Assets and Profit from the Crisis ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=77</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
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I must admit I find what's going on rather exciting, and I’m sure there are numerous ways not just to protect your assets but also to profit from the crisis sweeping the entire US financial system! I’m already preparing a last-minute article for the next QWR (issue 51) on this theme. 
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But you’re probably tired of reading endless commentary and platitudes. So in this brief blog entry I’m just going to write some updates about the bailout plan being debated in the US, some possibly shocking news about the US Federal government restricting entry into the gold market, and my recent thoughts and experiences on safe havens and second passports – all rolled up into one!
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I've been predicting this collapse for a long time now, and what people thought were my crazy ideas just a few  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
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  <![CDATA[ How School and Family Keep Us “In the Matrix”: Part 2 ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=76</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ By Bill Conde for The Q Wealth Report
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In my last blog entry I wrote about some of the cliches we have all heard, which taught us to be poor from a young age. Now here’s the cliche of cliches:
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“Money doesn’t buy you happiness.”
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A friend of mine says, “Yeah, but I’d rather cry in the back of a Rolls Royce than the back of a mini!” 
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Then there’s all the guff about materialism and spiritualism being opposed, which is nonsense.&nbsp; Being wealthy does not make you a charlatan just as being poor does not make you spiritual.&nbsp; 
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This one often comes down to a religious edict of some kind.&nbsp; Religion is the other great stifler of financial success (unless you happen to be part of the religion’s administration, in which case it is just fine  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Visit the Swiss Mountaineers in Victoria, BC! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=75</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Scott Schamber for The Q Wealth Report
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With large financial institutions falling like bowling pins and the US Congress on the verge of the largest US bailout since the Great Depression of the 30s, the array of bad news flowing from financial world on a daily basis is dizzying. 
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In the context of current economic and financial market conditions, we expect the potential for a number of surprises coming out of left field that you need to beware of. With consideration to the importance of fully understanding the underlying issues at play and their implications, we have decided to EXTEND the number of registrations admitted for our upcoming briefing in Victoria, BC, Canada for October 3, 2008. We had already reached our set limit of 30 registered attendees in Victoria, but we feel the conditions warrant the extension for a few more.
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Thus, the registration deadline will be extended  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Panama opens up Latin American Diamond Market ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=74</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ According to a recent Reuters report, Panama City aims to become the new center of the exclusive Diamond trade in Latin America, competing head on with traditional diamond businesses in Antwerp, New York and Israel.
As Q Wealth readers will know, Latin America is rich in minerals, and Panama has a steadfast reputation for offshore banking - but the diamond trade is something new for Panama. Panama is building Latin America's first diamond&nbsp;bourse - destined to become one of the main players in the wholesale diamond market.
"Latin America is the last frontier," said Erez Akerman, who heads the Panama Diamond Exchange, the group behind the project. "We are looking at four main markets: Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile," he told Reuters in the exchange's temporary offices in one of Panama City's upscale districts.
The $200-million project, due to be up and running by 2010,&nbsp;will - according to Reuters - &nbsp; ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Why the USD is looking very sub-prime itself! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=72</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
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Well I’m not normally big on watching TV, but these last couple of days have certainly been exciting, watching the “financial crisis” unfold. 
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Last night I caught the end of an interview with my favourite US Congressman, Ron Paul, on Headline News. Forgive me if I don’t quote his words exactly, but when asked about this difficult week he said something like “this is just the preliminaries.” Then he went on to say the system is in for a huge shakeup, and that if things don’t turn around fast it looks like we are headed for an even more totalitarian regime, headed by big government and big corporations.
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A lot of people, quite reasonably, are blaming banks – and now insurance companies – for the mess. Surprisingly (or perhaps not) not so many people are blaming the governments  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Real Estate Riches</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Will Panama be hit by the Real Estate Bust? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=71</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
Panama City has become a very hot real estate market for international retirement and living in recent years. A lot of it, however, has been fuelled by speculation. For a couple of years I've been saying it has to end, much to the chagrin of those who want to hype off-plan apartments, and even though I've been offered attractive kickbacks to say otherwise. Now it really looks like a Panama real estate collapse is imminent, if not already upon us.
The irreverent blog about Panama, BanamaRepublic, agrees with me, answering the question as follows:

Of course we will. Many of these dodgy skyscraper projects were financed based on fake pre-construction sales while the banks looked the other way and now of course they're all getting nervous. And who was it again who was selling these bonds for the McTrump Ocean Club and  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Take Your Water Bottle With You When You Leave Your Car  ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=70</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ Take Your Water Bottle With You When You Leave Your Car 
by James B. LaValle 
You know that water bottle you carry with you everywhere? Or the bottles you use to feed your baby? If they're plastic, they could be making you or your baby very sick. Fortunately, there's one easy step you can take to protect yourself and your loved ones from the "toxic" effects of plastic.
The bottles you use may contain bisphenol A (BPA), an "endocrine disrupter" used to add strength to clear plastics. BPA can mimic, mask, or interfere with the effects of the body's natural hormones. It's been linked to prostate and breast cancer, and to neurological disorders in children.
The growing body of evidence was sufficient for the U.S. government to issue a warning: "the possibility that bisphenol A may alter human development cannot be dismissed." The Canadian government went further, listing BPA  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
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  <![CDATA[ How School and Family Keep Us “In the Matrix” ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=69</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ How School and Family Keep Us “In the Matrix”: Part 1
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By Bill Conde for The Q Wealth Report
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As I approach my fortieth birthday, having never had a job – at least, not a nine to five – I thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the ways in which people are kept “inside the matrix”.
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It starts when we are very young.&nbsp; Do you remember the early days of your childhood, when you were happy to take on anything… when you loved life just for the moment? When you weren’t afraid of bills, tax men, mortgages and so on?&nbsp; 
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At five or six years old, we were all happy to volunteer answers – even if we didn’t know them!&nbsp; We were happy to get on a bike, give it a go, fall over, then get back on again.& ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Day Trading as your Day Job? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=68</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
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During holiday times our minds often dream of easy money, of not having to go back to our day job. And that, of course, is what The Q Wealth Report is all about – creating, preserving and growing wealth, so you can live in the paradise of your choice and not have to work a day job for an employer.
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Day trading, whether it be futures, options, forex, or other contracts, looks like a perfect solution. In theory you can trade for a few hours a day from your laptop and spend the rest of the time on the beach. Many people I talk to these days have enrolled on ‘day trading courses’ and such like, with various self-styled gurus – and they are preparing to go it alone as soon as they can. 
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A word of caution here, however: day  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Google's Chrome Browser = Spyware ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=67</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Google’s Chrome Browser Calling Home: Blatant Spyware - the Proof

A privacy expert has proved&nbsp;conclusively Google’s new Chrome browser 'phones home' extensively, putting it undeniably in the category of spyware. It's another PR disaster in the making for the crowd at Google. 
On the other hand, internet marketers will be pleased to note that Chrome offers some viable options&nbsp;for turning the tables against them for more efficient organic SEO .&nbsp; Here's the link..
http://fantomaster.com/fantomNews/archives/2008/09/05/googles-chrome-browser-calling-home-blatant-spyware-the-proof/ ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ US Govt takes over Fannie and Freddie ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=66</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
Well, today's Sunday, I'm still on my annual vacation... but I just saw on the news that the US Treasury Department has finally made the decision to take over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. 
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are so large and so interwoven in our financial system that a failure of either of them would cause great turmoil in our financial markets here at home and around the globe," said Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Jr, according to the International Herald Tribune.
We'll certainly be hearing a lot more about this. I'll be blogging more on the subject on my banking blog at www.petermacfarlane.net ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Offshore and Private Banking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Is Your Bank About to Collapse? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=65</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Checking the latest news last week, we noticed an ad on the IRA home page that asked “How’s My Bank?” and directed readers to a just-introduced service through which IRA will, for a small fee, explain the hidden risks on individual banks’ balance sheets and income statements. 
So, if your bank is about to collapse, they'll hopefully warn&nbsp; you ahead of time. 
We&nbsp;don’t normally direct our visitors to specific ads...&nbsp;but this service is so timely that it’s worth highlighting.&nbsp;
Access it via this link:
http://us1.institutionalriskanalytics.com/Cart/login.asp ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Second Citizenships</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ How to Obtain a Legal Second Passport and Tax Free Status by Investing in the Sugar Industry ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=64</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Investing in dying industries is not normally a smart thing to do… unless you can get some benefit from a government by doing so. Here’s one of those cases.
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In 2005 the WTO and European Union withdrew preferences given to the Eastern Caribbean Sugar Industry, thereby effectively closing it down, since Caribbean sugar could not compete with bigger producers in the Caribbean and further afield. 
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As a consequence of this, the government of St Kitts and Nevis, a group of islands in the Eastern Caribbean, would like to “diversify the agricultural sector and to stimulate the development of other sectors of the economy.” They set up a Foundation with this aim, The Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation (SIDF), in 2006. And they are offering a very big bonus to you if you are prepared to help them financially with this task – you can obtain a second citizenship and passport for  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Second Citizenships</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ A New Life in New Zealand? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=63</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Along with Australia, France and Spain, New Zealand is in the top four destinations &nbsp;or Brits deciding to expatriate. It’s also attracted many immigrants from Asia over recent years. New Zealand offers stability and neutrality, a beautiful country, a booming economy, and a healthy, stress-free lifestyle that is not found these days in other first world English speaking countries. Or, as W.G. Hill once said, it’s great if you like fishing and no nukes.
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The good news is that a major new immigration bill is working its way through parliament designed to make it even easier for you to emigrate to New Zealand. The birth rate in New Zealand is too low to fill the many job vacancies that are arising. Besides, New Zealand loses many citizens every year as they move to the likes of Australia and the United Kingdom seeking their fortunes. The  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Opportunities for Making Money in Cuba! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=62</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Rob Montes for The Q Wealth Report
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Cuba is something of an exception in the modern world – a country that many people prefer to pass over because of the political risk factor. However, risk often equals rewards. If you know how to manage the risk adequately, the rewards can be great. Many international companies from Canada, Spain, France and elsewhere have quietly been making a lot of money in Cuba over recent years.
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The island, of course, is off-limits for Americans in most cases, but that hasn’t stopped many American businesses from signing contracts buying future rights once the embargo is lifted. And, one day, the embargo must go.
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Hard currency earnings of Cuba almost doubled in the three years 2004 through 2007, from US$ 5.5 billion to US$ 10.8 billion. Some of this is accounted for by export of medical services, which is mainly the ambit of  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Does Fruit Make You Fat? Maybe! ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=61</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Jacques Haeringer for The Q Wealth Report
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Does fruit make you fat? That's a question we have, incredibly, been asked a lot of late! The answer: It depends on what you mean by fruit.&nbsp; (Sounds like President Clinton) Actually, like everything else, it is a question of balance!
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For most healthy people, fruit and freshly made fruit juices, as well as dried fruits are a very healthful addition to the diet.&nbsp; Those with Diabetes and digestive issues should consult their physicians.
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Fruits contain many minerals, vitamins, enzymes and natural fruit sugars that are easily absorbed and utilized by the body.&nbsp; Fruit also contains essential fiber which helps stabilize digestive function.
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The problem is with pre-made and pre-packaged, canned, processed and sweetened fruit and fruit juices which have lost much of their nutritional value through heating.&nbsp; Even freshly made fruit juices begin  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ How taking a vacation can improve your health – and wealth! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=60</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
&nbsp;
Need an offshore company with bank account fast? Then you’d better contact me this week, because next week I’m going on a month-long vacation to enjoy the European summer.
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Are you surprised? Jealous? &nbsp;You may be. You might be thinking “Peter must be doing very nicely, thank you” or even “Peter doesn’t care about his clients.” But I am confident my holidays will pay for themselves many times over, and that the quality of my service to my clients will improve once I return, refreshed.
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If you want to become wealthier and freer, you should seriously consider taking this kind of vacation too. Here’s why.
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If you’re anything like me, you are addicted to the internet. I get hundreds of emails per day and process most of them myself. The daily influx  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Every American owes $2,666 more now than on Friday ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=59</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
The US Congress met in a rare weekend session to pass what The Daily Telegraph of London calls&nbsp;"the most far-reaching rescue package for America's financial system since Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal."
The ceiling on the US national debt has been lifted by a further $800 billion, giving the Treasury almost unlimited resources to prop up the world's two biggest financial institutions: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.&nbsp;That amounts to about $2,666 for every US citizen. 
Now when the world's two biggest financial institutions are in trouble, you know that does not bode well for the global financial system. Commentator Ambrose Evans-Pritchard in The Daily Telegraph article went as far as to say, "This raises implicit concerns about the credit worthiness of the United States itself."
A statement from French banking giant&nbsp;BNP Paribas says: "The epicentre of the financial market  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Offshore and Private Banking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Your Private Safe Deposit Box in the Land of the Sparbuch ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=58</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
One thousand&nbsp;tons of reinforced concrete surround the vault, which is protected by the most sophisticated electronic security system. The building is guarded day and night.
Your personal safe is available&nbsp;five days a week, excluding public holidays. The sizes range from a height of 9 cm up to the size of a wardrobe. Extras such as secure transport boxes, copy machines, telephones and document&nbsp;shredders are at your convenience and disposal, as well as a furnished conference room you can&nbsp;rent for your meetings.
You can rent your safe completely anonymously. You don't have to give a name.... just choose a password and you get two keys - one for you, and maybe one for a trusted friend or relative. The safe box centre&nbsp;is run by a private company, not a bank, so it is completely divorced  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Ten Wealth Creation Tips from the Richest Man in the World ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=57</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Nobody is quite sure who is the Richest Man or Woman in the World. Smart rich people tend to downplay their wealth. But according to&nbsp;many estimates,&nbsp;the richest man in the world is&nbsp;Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim Helú.
Carlos was born in Mexico City, Mexico in 1940, the son of an immigrant from Lebanon, who had arrived all alone and 14 years of age, with no capital, and speaking no Spanish. He was&nbsp;fleeing&nbsp;conscription into the army of the&nbsp;Ottoman Empire, which at the time&nbsp;drafted young men into its army at 15. Carlos Slim's grandmother therefore sent her 14 year old son&nbsp;away, alone,&nbsp;to seek fortune in the new world.
Carlos Slim opened his first checking account and bought his first shares at the tender age of twelve.
Carlos Slim's fortune has not been won without controversy. Many people accuse  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ A New Cold War in the Caribbean? ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=56</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Here at the Q Wealth Report, we're a very&nbsp;international publication but we tend to focus a lot on the bad that the US government is doing. That's no accident. The US is the world's only superpower, and the US government does tend to stick its nose in a lot of places.&nbsp;We arre reminded of a quote from&nbsp;Richard Mayberry, "For two centuries, the US government's foreign policy has never wavered from its habit of poking sharp sticks at rattlesnakes."
Of course, there's are other&nbsp;reasons. Although sometimes people might think we are US-bashers, we are certainly not. The US has a great constitution and some of the best people on earth. So we are naturally sad to see what is going on there and we will duly express our opposition to a lot of US government policy. 
The latest stick the US government has  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Going Through a Divorce Offshore ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=55</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
Going through a divorce is the most stressful time of our lives. But it's a very common&nbsp;event, and many of us do it more than once.
Everybody is human and we all make mistakes. The important thing is to learn from our mistakes and get on with our lives. In this respect, surely if a couple have decided mutually that they want a divorce, the best thing to do is get it over as quickly as possible. Dragging out the process interminably just causes more stress and emotional heartache, not to mention financial worries for the couple, and a financial bonanza for the lawyers! Nonetheless, dragging out the process is what most legal systems do.
I was reminded of this recently by an Italian friend. Faced with a divorce process that was going to take at least two years at  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ The Sad Road to Socialism: John Loeffler ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=47</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ What happens when Private Property is no longer a right? That's the question asked by John Loeffler, host of&nbsp;a weekly syndicated US&nbsp;talk radio show, in a recent article that we highly recommend to Q Wealth readers.
Socialism, says Loeffler, "is the mechanism which transforms government from its noble role as a protector into a predator."&nbsp;&nbsp;He explains the three steps of Socialism, starting with stage one, an unrealistic offer of Something for Nothing that is generally accepted by citizens.&nbsp;&nbsp;Step 2 is where things start to unwind in a Silent War between government and citizens.
In the latter part of Stage 2:

...the war kicks into gear as the dragon responds to the rising opposition and imposes a growing panoply of laws and regulations with increasing fines, penalties and prison sentences.&nbsp; To block the rampant flouting of law, the dragon wants to monitor  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ US Official Says More Bank Failures Expected ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=45</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ "There will be more bank failures." That's the view of John Bovenzi, the U.S. banking official running the failed IndyMac Bank, in Pasadena, California. Consumers should expect to see more bank failures as defaulted mortgage loans shake out of the system, and should take steps to protect their money, he was quoted as saying Monday by Reuters. 
After those dire predictions, the official did try to put a more positive spin on things by saying that the forthcoming failures would be limited to small banks. Let's hope he is right, because there are very grave doubts about whether the FDIC could bail out a Citibank or Bank of America.
But, with IndyMac the fifth US bank to fail this year, it's worth remembering that not all&nbsp;US bank deposits are FDIC insired.&nbsp;As many US investors have found out, insurance only covers the first $100,000 of deposits. 
Reuters  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ David Davis: The Faustian Trade-Off Between Security and Liberty ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=44</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ 
by Peter Macfarlane
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Despite Benjamin Franklin's&nbsp;wise advice that those who would give up liberty&nbsp;for security deserve neither, the&nbsp;public seems more than happy to trade a little liberty for the rhetoric&nbsp;of greater&nbsp;security. That at least was the conclusion of The Economist in a recent article entitled Mary Poppins and Magna Carta based on a survey carried out in June by YouGov PLC. 
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Successive governments have conned us that by giving up just a little more freedom each time they ask, we somehow increase our collective security. This has been going on for&nbsp;decades now, and the effects really are becoming noticeable – especially to people like me who live offshore and just visit&nbsp;"onshore" Big Brother countries&nbsp;on rare occasions. 
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As restrictive new laws are brought in, uses for them tend to multiply fast. For example,  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Big Brother and Sam ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=43</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Frank Suess and Scott Schamber writing from the Swiss mountains!
The television show Big Brother has taken off all around the world, as now many countries, including many of ours here in Europe, continue to spawn off of the original concept. Apparently, peaking into the lives of people has become a staple in many of our pop cultures. But why should this intrusion on the everyday-Joe's life be so popular only with the general public...?
We're going to change the spotlight from our "friend" Easy Money over to his offspring: "Big Brother". Some also call him Sam. Although in other places around the world he might be known as Charles, Ludwig or Giovanni. All of them have very similar stories. You want to know their stories and their behavioral patterns in order to know what lies ahead. 
We've tried to give you an idea in the latest issue of  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Second Citizenships</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Citizenship and Residence in the Republic of Paraguay ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=42</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Anyone&nbsp;seeking a tax-free residence, possibly leading to a legal second&nbsp;citizenship, should seriously consider The Republic of Paraguay, which has one of the most liberal constitutions in the world. Here are a few reasons:

Paraguay has no personal income or capital gains tax, and one of the lowest costs of living in the world.
Official Residence in Paraguay is relatively easy to obtain. Once granted, is valid for life. No renewals necessary.
Once you have official residence, there is no legal obligation to stay in the country.
After three years of Official Residence, you may apply for Paraguayan nationality through Naturalization. (Article 148 of the Constitution)
Dual or multiple nationality is permitted subject to certain limitations. (Article 149 of the Constitution)
Honorary Citizenship may be granted by Act of Congress (Article 151 of the Constitution)
Paraguayans enjoy excellent visa free travel opportunities, including most of Europe.
If you are interested  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ A New Threat to Your Online Privacy ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=41</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Here’s a new challenge to your privacy which is not easy to overcome. It’s a new system being promoted for bank security purposes by a company called The 41st, which takes an online “fingerprint” of your computer. And using secure VPN such as Cryptohippie does not eliminate this threat.
It works like this. An online bank installs third party software on their computer which tracks all your logins. They take information which your browser reveals about your computer: things like your language, your timezone, the version of your browser, plug-ins like Javascript that you may have installed…. they claim to gather around 40 factors like this. Taken together, they make your PC pretty much unique.
So far so good and of course this does have a legitimate use. Its intention is to catch malicious hackers. If one PC with that unique connection of 40 factors is logging in to lots  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Profit from Down Time! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=40</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Dr Richard Cawte for The Q Wealth Report
Do you really need to fill your&nbsp;day with action and noise?
Many adults become terrified at the idea that they might not have something to do!&nbsp;Those that are parents transfer the terror to the children. The lines: "Oh my god, what do I DO with the kids?" are spoken with a shudder, as though every second of the child’s day MUST be filled with some entertainment or other.
Some children literally cry if the world they face is not a full-on bombardment of video games or fast moving TV shows. Whatever our status or our age, we all seem to live in a world that regards "nothing to do" with horror.
We are afraid of silence. We are afraid of confronting (or meeting) our true selves!
Leave the television on and there are no awkward pauses  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Q Experts on Business Talk Radio ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=39</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Yesterday Q Wealth Experts Jacques Haeringer and Paul Rosenberg were interviewed on Pierre Wolfe's Americas Dining and Travel show on the Business Talk Radio network. They talked about Recipes for Success in Panama, living and retiring abroad, and overseas investment opportunities. Download the radio show here: http://archives.warpradio.com/btr/AmericasDining/062216.MP3 ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Five Non-Reportable Tax Shelters for US citizens ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=38</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ LONDON, 20th June 2008, Peter Macfarlane reporting for The Q Wealth Report
With&nbsp;just ten days to go until the 30th June deadline&nbsp;for US persons who have bank and other financial accounts in a foreign country to report those accounts to the US Department of Treasury, the IRS has been making the most of the opportunity for publicity by issuing warnings.
Many expat Americans may hold a few small accounts in different parts of the world without realizing that their aggregate value has now exceeded $10,000, due to the fall in value of the dollar.
US persons are required to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR), Form TD F 90-22.1, each year if they have a financial interest in or signature authority or other authority over any financial accounts, including bank, securities or other types of financial accounts, in a foreign country, if the aggregate value  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>International Investing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ What I Heard from a Government Official in a Small Tax Haven ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=37</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Tom Dyson
There was a knock at the door. A soldier entered the room and raised his arm in salute. Then he drove his boot heels together to produce a loud snap. He waited for the politician's attention...
I studied the soldier's crisp brown uniform. It looked like something you'd wear to a dress party. His black patent leather shoes matched his belt and the peak of his hat. The gold buttons on his sleeve were so shiny they could decorate a Christmas tree. 
The politician turned to the soldier. He took a whispered message. Then he dismissed him with a flick of the wrist...
Tito Saguier is a senior member of Paraguay's government. Last week, Tito invited me to the senate for a cup of coffee and a discussion about Paraguay's future. 
Soldiers escorted us everywhere we went. Other soldiers opened doors and saluted as we walked past.  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ How to Eat Fruit ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=36</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the secrets of youth and beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. But it's not so easy as you think!
What is the correct way of eating fruits?Fruits should be eaten on an empty stomach, not after meals!If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestine, but it is prevented from doing so.In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid.  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset and Wealth Protection</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Fourth US Bank Collapses, 90 on FDIC alert ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=35</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
Yesterday, FDIC insured First Integrity Bank was the 4th US victim of the recent credit crunch. According to analyst blogger&nbsp;Nick Jones of Real Deal Financial,&nbsp;the FDIC keeps a 'problem list' of banks.&nbsp;In the first quarter, the number of banks on the list rose about 20% to 90 banks. That statistic is up about 70% this year.
Agora Financial's 5-Minute Forecast also had some interesting statistics recently: FDIC insured banks in the U.S. made $14 billion less last quarter than they did one year back. The FDIC has set aside $37 billion dollars in reserve funds. That is a 20-year high. The scary part is that the percentage of troubled loans that could be rescued by that $37 billion is at a 15-year low! 
Think about it. Just another in a long series of my comments that I have called "Bankrupt Banks  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
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  <![CDATA[ New hints that Red Wine slows aging ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=33</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ "Red wine may be much more potent than was thought in extending human lifespan, researchers say in a new report that is likely to give impetus to the rapidly growing search for longevity drugs."
So says&nbsp; an interesting article in today's International Herald Tribune on the anti-aging effects of red wine.
Pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has just bought, for $720 million, a startup called Sirtris whicxh was founded in 2004 to cary out research into anti-aging. It is said that the research is based on&nbsp;an ancient biological survival mechanism, called resveratrol, present in red wine. This switches the body's resources from fertility to tissue maintenance. The improved tissue maintenance seems to extend life by cutting down on the degenerative diseases of aging.
Apparently mice in tests would have had to take the equivalent of 100 bottles of red wine each per day (!) to see results in initial tests... but finally scientists  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Health and Wellbeing</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Monday Morning Blues: Go with Your Feelings! ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=32</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth Report
It&nbsp;being Monday morning&nbsp;in this part of the world, I was reminded of a few pieces of research I read about recently, showing that getting up in the morning is bad for teenagers. 
Starting school earlier, studies show,&nbsp;leads to decreases in learning and productivity. Studies in the US have found that it's normal for adolescents to go to sleep later at night and wake up later in the day than adults, and that early starts and loss of sleep could be hampering student performance in school.
The logical choice, of course, would be to start school later, but for some reason a lot of school boards don't like that idea. Maybe they think the teenagers are lazy. Maybe, teenagers haven't been fully and properly comditioned yet into the wage slave lifecycle?
Starting school later is something&nbsp; ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Second Citizenships</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Caribbean Second Citizenship in the News ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=31</link> 
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  <![CDATA[ Second citizenships from the Caribbean have been in the news recently. This time, however, it's nothing to do with the economic citizenship programs of Dominica and St Kitts!
Many politicians in Caribbean nations hold multiple citizenships. It's quite normal for people from small countries, many of whom have gone abroad to work, acquired citizenship there, then come home to play a more active role in island politics.
Recently, however,&nbsp;a minority of extreme nationalist&nbsp;politicians have been making it into an issue, leading to resignations and to other politicians renouncing citizenships publicly. It's been in the news most recently in Jamaica, but also in St Kitts and Nevis, Grenada, St Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana.
Most voters seem to take a reasonable approach. BBC, for example, quotes a Jamaican businesswoman Thalia Lyn as follows:

“A lot of them go abroad because they want to make money and  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 23 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Libertools vs Slavetools ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=30</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by MB for The Q Wealth Report
A libertool is any tool that you can use to liberate yourself&nbsp;...&nbsp;to free yourself from whatever holds you back. It's a tool that advances your competence, effectiveness, freedom, health, wealth, happiness, etc.
What are some examples of Libertools?

Wealth-building&nbsp;and personal managment skills enable you to free yourself from a 'wage slave' lifestyle, or from getting bogged down in stress.
Simply knowing where you are going is a libertool. Most people don't have realistic plans. If you don't know where you want to go, it's unlikely you'll ever get there!
Online wealth building skills (whether your own e-commerce business, or simply using online brokerage accounts etc) can help you achieve the financial freedom you deserve to live the life you desire.
Health&nbsp;and wellness information, like understanding good nutrition and healthy living,&nbsp;will empower&nbsp;you to  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealth strategies</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Join us in Panama after the US Elections ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=29</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ What will you be doing the week after the US elections? Whatever the results, it will certainly be time for some thought... and things are not looking good. At least not for the majority.
I know what I'll be doing the week after the US elections. I will be at a luxury resort in Panama, watching from a distance what is going on, exchanging ideas and helping a select few freedom-loving individuals with their quests to create, protect and grow their wealth - offshore!
People who have heard Richard and I speak know that the Q Wealth Report is not just about money. Wealth has a much wider meaning, extending to well-being and even the common good of the community in which we live. And health is an essential part of wealth! I always keep these things&nbsp;in mind when thinking about wealth creation. What goes around - comes around.
If  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Credit Bureaux and Global Data Leaks ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=28</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ by Peter Macfarlane for Q Wealth Report
News just in from the British no2id.net newsletter about a seriers of data leaks (six million Chileans are the latest victims) got me thinking about something else I read a few weeks back over at Vera Verba. Sean Hastings, co-author of 'God Wants You Dead', wrote:

A lot of the people that I tend to socialize with are libertarian types with strong feelings about freedom and privacy. I have always been very pro-freedom, but am skeptical about the need for privacy.
You can read the full article here.&nbsp;Meanwhile here is the news from no2id:

The personal data of six million Chileans were stolen at the beginningof May and briefly published on a website. They included names, e-mailaddresses and street addresses. A hacker said he stole them online fromthe health ministry, the electoral authority and the state-run phonecompany. Not  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Free Thinking</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Ideas Gone Wild! -  Paul Rosenberg ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=27</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ How To Play With Ideas
Without Going Nuts!
Most of you don’t remember the good old days, when people accepted the fact that human life included risk. Professors ate DDT to show that it was okay, policemen actually chased criminals (instead of waiting an hour for a dozen guys in black PJs to show up), and teenage boys carried rifles through the subway on their way to ROTC!
But, alas, those days are gone, and we live in a world of obedient bicycle helmet-wearers, kids under adult supervision till they’re thirty, and where fifty million of us express our ‘individuality’ by wearing the same stupid Che Guevara T-shirt.
The world has become filled with people who will accept absolutely anything, except risk. (Imagine these folks at 80: Ready to die, having never actually lived.)
Sure, there are still young people who think they’re being ever-so-cool by rebelling against  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealth strategies</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ 7 wealth-building lessons from billionaires ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=26</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ "Study well what the billionaire does. It may make you a millionaire."
- John Emmerling
Wealth and Wealthy People
By Michael Masterson
There is no shortage of billionaires today. In 1985, there were fewer than 20 of them. Today, there are more than one thousand.
Wealth is gradually moving away from the United States. In 2003, eight Americans made the top 10 in Forbes' annual list of billionaires. This year, only two (Warren Buffett and Bill Gates) made the list. And less than half of the entire list is made up of Americans.
Still, 443 American billionaires is nothing to sneeze at. Nor is their collective net worth of around $1.6 trillion. At least for the moment, the U.S. still has the world's largest and most profitable economy. But India and China are catching up. Their economies are growing fast. And they are not wasting trillions of dollars on foreign wars.
With the dollar falling and  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
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  <![CDATA[ Italian tax returns leaked on internet ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=25</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ BBC News reports&nbsp;outrage in tax-shy Italy after the outgoing government published every Italian's declared earnings and tax contributions on their website!
The information was published with no warning for nearly 24 hours. It was later removed after a formal complaint from the country's privacy watchdog. 
The finance ministry described the move as a bid to improve transparency. Deputy Economic Minister Vincenzo Visco is quoted as saying&nbsp;"he could not understand what all the fuss was about."

"This already exists all around the world, you just have to watch any American soap to see that. We had the system ready by January but we delayed publication to avoid arguments during the election campaign." 
According to an Italian government report from 2007, the amount of unpaid tax in the country is equivalent to 7% of gross domestic product. 

You can read the full story here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/ ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Q Wealth - Live from Cancun ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=24</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ This is Peter Macfarlane for the Q Wealth Report. I'm writing this from the airport, just leaving Cancun, Mexico... where a small but select group of investors gathered for the first Q Wealth Events “Recipes for Success” retreat.
The event was great fun, taking place in a top spa hotel with great food. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive and the hotel’s service could not have beeen better! We had a diverse group of couple and singles from different countries and backgrounds… but the one thing they had in common was a desire to protect their privacy, and increase their wealth and well being. Everyone here was already well versed in basic offshore and PT theory, so the presenters moved swiftly to a higher level and some very interesting discussions resulted. We are even planning some group trips in South America later this year!
Anyway, the next Recipes for Success  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ 5,000 kids a month added to Britain's DNA database ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=23</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ One in four people being added to the UK's huge national DNA database is a child. Do you think this is right? Not much shocks us at Q Wealth, but playing with kids' DNA still shocks us. Not to mention that we are researching zan article right now on forced adoptions in the UK, where perfectly kids are forcibly removed from perfectly health parents... but more on that later. Watch this space.
According to Christopher Hope of The Telegraph, this "figure provides further evidence that the Government's "Big Brother" national database is increasingly targeting young people before they are old enough to vote."
The news has prompted concerns from civil liberties campaigners that Britain is a "surveillance state". Wow, at Q Wealth we would never have figured that :) !!!
Liberal Democrat Justice spokesman Jenny Willott is quoted as saying:
There is something horribly Big Brotherish about a society that is adding  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Big Buddy is Watching Y'All ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=22</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ An article just published by Egan Orion in "The Inquirer" reveals a:
Secret pact allows the US to spy on UK motorists
The British Home Secretary secretively signed a "special certificate" last year that gives foreign security agencies real-time access to traffic camera images and related data monitoring British motorists on highways throughout the UK.
Opposition politicians and civil liberties advocates yesterday accused Gordon Brown's government of attempting to hide from Parliament its covert plans to facilitate international surveillance of UK citizens in violation of privacy laws.
Under the authorisation signed last July 4 by Jacqui Smith, video feeds and still images captured from roadside TV cameras, along with personal data derived from them, can be transmitted out of the UK to countries such as the US, that are outside the European Economic Area.
If you would like to read the full story, it&nbsp;is at:
http://www.theinquirer.net/ ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset protection</category>
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  <![CDATA[ WSJ says Major Banks Falsifying Reports to Hide Desperation ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=21</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ A worrying but informative article by Carrick Mollenkamp (Wall Street Journal, April 16th) about how “one of the most important barometers of the world’s financial health could be sending false signals.”
LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate, is becoming unreliable because, so the article speculates, banks are sending in false reports. In other words, banks are providing misleading information to Reuters about their financial situations.
For those readers not famililar with LIBOR, it’s a measure of the average interest rate at which banks make short-term loans to one another. Banks typically set their lending rates at a certain “spread” above Libor: A company with decent credit, for example, might pay an interest rate of Libor plus one-half percentage point. A risky “subprime” mortgage may carry an interest rate of Libor plus six or more points. If you check the small print on your loan agreement, most likely it  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset protection</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Fear of Lawsuits Makes People do Crazy Things... ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=20</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ It's Fun to Know: Wacky Warning Labels
By Suzanne Richardson
The fear of lawsuits can make people do crazy things. That includes putting ridiculous warning labels on their products. 
Case in point: I bought a package of pre-cut celery at the grocery store. The label said something like "Pre-Cut, Pre-Washed Celery." Underneath, in smaller letters, it read: "Caution: May contain celery." I kid you not. (Sorry I didn't think to take a picture.)
The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch keeps an eye out for crazy labels like this in its annual Wacky Warning Label Contest. This year - the contest's 11th - the winning label (found on a small tractor) read "Danger: Avoid Death." 
(Source: mlaw.org) This article appears courtesy of Early To Rise, the Internet’s most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com. ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Newswire</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ HSBC loses data on 370,000 customers ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=19</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ In the latest of a series of examples of lack of care of personal data by governments and the private sector, British banking giant HSBC has admitted losing a computer disc with the details of 370,000 customers, according to a BBC News report.
The disc was lost in March after being sent by courier from the bank's life insurance offices in Southampton, to a reinsurer's office in Folkestone, Kent.
As well as name, date of birth and value of the insurance cover held by each customer, the disc also apparently revealed the customer's policy number and whether or nor the customer was a smoker. 
Despite the reassurances from HSBC, it admitted that although the data on the disc had not been encrypted, just controlled with simple password access which is easily bypassed.
"We hold up our hands and say it wasn't good enough," the bank's spokesman is quoted as saying. "The  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy tactics</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ "Avoid Heathrow" -  NO2ID Expats advise  ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=17</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ Travellers should avoid using Heathrow until the airport abandons its plans for the mass fingerprinting of passengers. That is the advice from the NO2ID Expats’ group. "Other hubs, whether in the UK or in other EU countries, should be preferred for the time being," the group says in a press release. Heathrow wants to fingerprint and photograph both domestic passengers and international travellers with onward connections to other British or Irish airports. But on 26 March, following a warning from the Information Commissioner’s Office that the measure may be illegal, the fingerprinting was suspended.
The photographing or "biometric capture" of passengers is going ahead. Those who refuse will be denied access to their flights. On its website, BAA states that the measure is "required by the Department for Transport". But when a NO2ID expat member asked the DfT about this, the reply was: "This is a border and  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Second passports</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Nationalism/Dual Nationalty/Passports ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=16</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ This guide in intended to help you understand the need for possible dual citizenship.&nbsp; Albert Einstein stated: "Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind." Obviously, as evident by several World Wars, the human race is slow to overcome fascist tendencies of civilizations that can be very dangerous to freedom-loving people. It is more and more apparent the US constitution is becoming abandoned and the very rights it guarantees are no longer there due to security concerns. You may have to make some tough choices on whether to fight or flight, but dual citizenship or another passport could go a long way in giving you that freedom of choice. The following are reasons why this may be an option you may want to consider. 


Travel safely without any restrictions. It's a long shot, but if you are ever skyjacked and the skyjackers don't like Americans (a  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Asset protection</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ A World of Litigation ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=15</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Arthur Waldock
Editor’s Note: we live in a world of increasing litigation and nonsensical prosecution. Doctors and dentists in the US are repeatedly sued by the very people who go to them for help. It’s all part of the culture of “I am not responsible” which is fostered so successfully at present by governments and media organisations worldwide. 
People are taught to “sue for all they can get” – whether that be the lady who spilt a take-away cup of coffee on her lap (as she was driving her car) or the swimmer in Australia who sued the local government because when he jumped into the sea, he injured himself on a sandbank!!
Eeeh Gads, these people really should GROW UP!
Given the culture is there, however, it is wise to have options up your sleeve to take action to protect yourself. The article below is from one  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy tactics</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Prosecutors seek OK to create phoney files ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=14</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Dan Christensen and Patrick Danner
Prosecutors are urging a change in state law to allow them to falsify court records in some cases.
LEADING INQUIRY: Court Chief Justice R. Fred Lewis is conducting a statewide inquiry into the hiding of court records after The Miami Herald reported that hundreds of civil and criminal cases, mostly in Broward County, were kept hidden on secret dockets.
Florida’s prosecutors are floating a proposal to the Legislature to give them the power to secretly falsify public court records – with a judge’s approval – for undercover law enforcement purposes.
Spurred by Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernández Rundle, the draft bill would limit the authority to manufacture and plant fake documents in court files to 180 days. But it also provides for an unlimited number of 30-day extensions.
‘’Judges would be very involved in the monitoring. It all has to go through a judge,’’  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Privacy Tips</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Anonymous Sparbuch Accounts in Czech Republic ]]>
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  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=13</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Paul Voosen, Staff Writer, The Prague Post
While the Finance Ministry drafts a new moneylaundering bill, 2.7 Million secret passbooks are still in circulation. 
In an effort to close one loophole that money launderers use to hide ill-gotten gains, the Czech Republic passed a law nearly five years ago calling for the conversion of all the country’s anonymous deposit passbooks into registered accounts.
The anonymous accounts got their start during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and, since they left no recorded identity with the banks, were often used to move money without a trail.
“Anyone who held an [anonymous] passbook was perceived by the bank to be the owner of the account and could withdraw all of the account’s deposits,” said Jirí S¢korvaga, a member of the board of Ceská sporitelna, which holds all of the country’s passbook accounts.
Years after the frenetic process that saw most of  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Sat, 19 Jan 2008 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Wealthy and Wise</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Save Subprime Borrowers, Not Bloated Bankers ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=12</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Dean Baker
Editor’s note: for some while I have been saying to attendees of our seminars that the market in the US would hit the skids, and to wait on further investing for a short while. As the US market now dips and wobbles, it may just be a great time to get involved. Remember, one of the golden rules of investing is to do what nobody else is doing – or at very least, to do what the majority of people are not doing! 
Meantime, here is an interesting view on how to tackle the current collapse of the sub-prime mortgages in the USA.
There is a simple and direct way in which the federal government can help out millions of moderateincome families struggling to keep their homes: They can simply change the rules on foreclosure to allow moderate-income homeowners the option to remain in their homes indefinitely  ... ]]> 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
  <category>Offshore investments</category>
  <title>
  <![CDATA[ Essential Steps to Making Your Money Grow Offshore and Online ]]>
  </title> 
  <link>http://www.qwealthreport.com/blog.php?Blog_Id=11</link> 
  <description>
  <![CDATA[ By Peter Macfarlane for The Q Wealth ReportMore and more PTs are making a quiet but very comfortable living these days through online trading. Quite a number of Q readers and my consulting clients are doing so right now. As their skills and knowledge develop, they are requiring more and more sophisticated services – to create more and more wealth!The good news is that technology and services keeping up with demand. Whether you want to be an active day trader or simply maintain full control of your passive investments in a private, offshore and tax-free environment, there are good solutions out there which will meet your needs. You won’t read about them in many places, but as always the Q brings you the cutting edge! Unquestionably, the best way to benefit from offshore trading is to be offshore yourself. To move your ass, as our American friends would say.  ... ]]> 
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