Food prices are skyrocketing all across the globe, and there’s no end in sight. The United Nations says food inflation is currently at 30% a year, and the fast-eroding value of the dollar is causing food prices to appear even higher (in contrast to a weakening currency). As the dollar drops in value due to […]
My friend from Panama City brings me this hot tip for the next good investment there. He has made a lot of money in the Trump building with developer resales where depositors could not close. The building is located in the most exclusive area of Bella Vista neighborhood, just off Balboa Avenue in […]
Welcome to the fourth in this series of Panama road trips for 2011. We have already been back to Pedasi three times this year, meeting with customers and enjoying this incredible place that is still undiscovered by most people, even with many Panamanians who have never ventured out of the City past the gold coast. While the inventory of […]
Today’s number one concern for one’s estate should be wealth protection. Whether you are an astute investor (or crazy enough to be a day trader), this one theme should be in the forefront of your strategic plan to survive these turbulent times. While I am not proposing that you run for the hills or […]
I have been looking into how to utilize a portion of my IRA for further investments in Panama and before I go into this let me set the stage for why. Casey Research has long discussed the idea of moving some of one’s wealth outside the United States. While he is promoting a project […]
At first I thought that this might be a hoax but it seems that we are onto something here. I was sent this news yesterday and sure enough, the folks at Fox News just put out the story. Besides being a great figure for the rum company, Captain Morgan lead an interesting life which you […]
I do not know how many times this year we have heard about the grow in Panama’s economic activity and what the numbers are shaping up to be for 2011 but we are now approaching double digit figures for 2011. This in from Reuters. (Reuters) – Panama’s economic activity rose 9.5 percent in May compared to […]
Another title I was going to use for this post was “One Foot Over the Border” We are hearing a lot of noise right now about the amount of money coming into Panama from other sovereign nations in Europe and of course the US. I hear that it is a trend that started a few years ago […]
Here is something Panama residential developers should be looking at and possibly trying to move the unsold product that is still under construction especially if some customers walk away from their deposits and the market gets saturated as it did in South Florida. South Americans and other foreigners are behind more than half the condo […]
I decided to see what was happening in Panama City as it relates to the condominium market, as I am often asked to help out in finding or selling a place for some of my readers and clients. Lacking a MLS system, Panama remains in a gray zone of “no one really knows and no […]