Arete Wealth Strategists Blog

The decision to become a US tax resident or to leave the US tax system is not one that should be taken lightly. Anytime a US citizen or...

Is expatriation on the rise? According to a 2020 report from the US Department of the Treasury, the answer is a resounding yes. In just...

The business cycle is advancing despite a number of investor concerns, one quarter after the economy returned to pre-pandemic levels. And...

US-Australian couples face a much more complex tax situation than couples who share the same nationality. And the decisions they make...

If you haven’t already, make sure to read our previous blog post titled “What Important Decisions Do US-Australian Couples Need to Make...

US-Australian couples face tough financial decisions come tax time. As a trusted financial advisor, we provide guidance to Australians...

When we advise US-Australian couples, we realized that the planning challenges they face are quite different from those experienced by...

Will Social Security Go Bust? You may have read that the Social Security Trust Fund is due to be depleted in 2033, a year earlier than...

Government-Approved Inter-Family Loan Rates Logic might tell you that any loans you make to family members would be a personal matter,...

The finance magazines and websites tell us “10 Dividend Growth Stocks You Can Count On” (Kiplinger), or “20 Dividend Growth Stocks...

Default in China? It’s only getting sporadic press coverage, but a lot of fixed income insiders are talking about the possible default of...

The news media, in its coverage of the Congressional debate over raising the debt ceiling, has alarmed its readers and viewers with terms...

There’s a robust debate in investing circles about whether bitcoin—or other so-called ‘cryptocurrencies’—are actual investments. But...

There is absolutely no question that, from a historical standpoint, yields on U.S. government bonds are terrible. 10-year Treasuries that...

If the Biden Administration has its way, taxes will go up for persons earning more than $452,700, and married couples filing jointly who...

Despite the alarmist articles you might be reading in the press, most people won’t be affected very much, if at all, from the tax...

It isn’t getting much attention in the press, but the Chinese government has been quietly rolling out a state-backed cryptocurrency,...

You probably know that the U.S. stock market has been delivering the highest returns among all developed nations, not just in the last...

Inflation is in the news again, thanks to a recent jump in the Consumer Price Index. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has calculated that...

Arguably the wildest consequence of the recent pandemic is the remarkable price boom in the U.S. housing market—which, some might...