One of the largest attractions for heading overseas to work as an expat is for the lucrative opportunity such an assignment will bring, which means understanding how to invest while living abroad will help you to enjoy the best returns.
One of the largest attractions for heading overseas to work as an expat is for the lucrative opportunity such an assignment will bring, which means understanding how to invest while living abroad will help you to enjoy the best returns.
Expats can be particularly vulnerable to poor financial advice because the rules relating to the industry differ from nation to nation, and the products and solutions they can potentially benefit from differ from those they are perhaps used to in the UK.
The expat lifestyle involves change, and much of that adaptation to a new culture expends more disposable income that one might at home in the pursuit of new experience travel. Local conditions can be seductively aligned to offer high compensation, low taxes, and great weather.
One of the biggest challenges that expats confront when moving abroad is the complexity of expat finances. According to HSBC’s Expat Explorer Survey, 75% of respondents (21,950 respondents worldwide) say that their finances have become more complicated since they left their home country.
The pound plummeted after Brits voted to leave the European Union, hitting a low near $1.18 against the US dollar in late 2016. The currency has recovered some of its losses, but rising fears of a messy exit have caused it to weaken in recent sessions to $1.27.
The life of an expat is exciting, challenging and financially rewarding. We have developed five tips to help you maximise and manage your finances while away from home.
Many expats find themselves with more disposable income when they work abroad. Financial planning is essential if you want to make the most of your money – to grow it, protect it and use it to achieve your financial goals.
In this commentary, Andrew Pease takes a look at what Q2 has in store for the global economy. He sees potential for a shift in the direction of the global markets as we get deeper into the year.
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In this article, Ben Johnson explores the tax advantages ETF’s have. It is important when looking at ETF’s that you take into account both strategy and structure, with the former being the key aspect.
Original article by Michael Batnick Simply put, trading is hard. Highs, lows, swings and roundabouts – to expect the unexpected is perhaps the best mind set to have. In this article, Michael Batnick dives into how hard trading is, with a specific spotlight on ‘buying and holding’. While deemed easy, there are periods of time when patience doesn’t pay off. This is a great read for anyone who is involved in, or thinking about getting involved in the stock market. See here for an excerpt: “Buy and hold isn’t a perfect strategy. If you convinced somebody in the fall of 2007 that this was the right way to invest, they’d have a bone to pick with you, as they’d watch U.S. stocks crash by nearly 60% over the following sixteen months. But if this person were able to hold on, even if they bought on the day that the market topped, they would have received 7.48% per year over the next 10.5 years. Not so terrible. The most recent decade actually worked out okay for investors, even if it wasn’t easy. It doesn’t always work out”. The full and original article can be found here. If you need to talk to a Financial Advisor in Saudi Arabia, call us here.