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2024: The Finances of Moving to Europe
More than a few of you out there have been asking about the possibility of leaving the United States, temporarily or permanently. Whether because you have always dreamed of an Irish cottage overlooking the sea or because your life in the U.S. seems ready for a change, we are including this series for you. Over the next several months, we will be updating some of our standard articles on U.S. finance and posting new articles specifically on the financial aspects of moving to Europe.
You might not have noticed the seismic shift in your world last week, but something big happened that could make the last 40 years or so of your life a lot less stressful. After years of battling, arguing, and dithering, a new law went into effect that prohibits your financial advisor from trying to sell you on all sorts of expensive nonsense in your retirement account.
Read MoreIn his post this morning, investment professional Ben Carlson writes, "Investors with a truly diversified portfolio are always going to hate something that they own." I love this sentence. It's absolutely true —and not by chance. Diversifying a portfolio means actually planning to have some crappy investment in place at all times.
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