Samurai Trivia, Zatoichi, and Japanese Woodblock Prints

n the last couple of years I?ve become interested in a couple of Japanese related subjects. Zatoichi, ?The Blind Samurai?, which I accidentally clicked into while watching ?Samurai Saturday? on the IFCTV channel is number one. In case you are not up on Zatoichi, he?s a chubby, blind, Yakuza who is kinda lovable, but is […]

Index Funds, ETF funds, and Socially Responsible Investing

While mutual funds have been quite popular for some time know index funds have garnered more recent popularity with the investing public. It seems as though there are thousands of ETF funds these days. You can purchase index funds that reflect just about every single market index, big or small. Just about every day […]

Benefits of Incorporating an Offshore Company

Also known as non-resident company, an offshore company is a business entity that does not conduct any or a significant part of its business in the country it is incorporated in.
Often, an offshore company comes with a big list of financial, personal and trade benefits. The benefits could be in terms of reduced tax liability, […]