Author: ontheball1

Theft in USA

Investors Aren’t Pricing in this Factor It’s election season coming up and one can expect a lot of turmoil in the streets, unusual shopping habits and lots of polarized activity on media sites. Expect riots, political marches and unfortunately, violence. However, there is one factor that’s become the norm in US cities regardless of an […]

Gringos and Mexico (10 things)

10 things gringos have WRONG about Mexico (Bad!) After a lot of travel, discussion and experience in Mexico–I wanted to write this. Like every place, it has its good points and bad points and today we’re going to touch on the bad points… let’s begin! I’d really appreciate it if you’d share this article on […]

A Unique Middle Eastern Economy

This is Headline News, but Not For These Reasons If I were to ask you, have things gotten better or worse over the last 20-25 years, my guess is that you may be inclined to say worse (since this is written in English). Trust among neighbours has declined, mental illness has shot up, more job […]

Russian Equities

Smooth Sailing but Unable to Dock the Stock Most of the world does not produce anything themselves and rely on imports; this is especially true when it comes to resources. Russia accounts for a meaningful percentage of the world’s commodity production as Europeans have found out the hard way over the last couple of years. […]

This Beautiful, Safe Country called

An Overlooked Hideout There are threads and threads on Twitter and various forums discussing this main question: Where does one go [for freedom, normalcy, to escape the madness]? You can imagine that this question has gotten considerably more attention over the last few years when governments decided to turn their countries into prison systems just […]

Natural Gas & Oil Company for Investing

Unfortunate Timing with Everything; But Brighter Times Ahead? I am bullish on energy sectors for this whole decade. While the whole world bitches about windmills, solar, electric, carbon and fossil fuels, the bitter truth is that energy security for a country = political security. If you have to grow it, manufacture it, or move it–it […]

Tax Changes in Armenia

Armenia has made some tax changes to their successful micro-entrepreneur and turnover tax regimes. Prior to the changes, companies (under certain business types) could pay zero tax if their revenue did not exceed approximately 60,000 USD per year. Similarly, a turnover tax regime allowed the business over to elect to shorten their tax bill from […]

The Absurdity of Wedding Costs now

We’re homeless, but had a killer wedding, man! Everyone knows weddings can run up a pretty big tab. Do you know how much though? In 2020, the average cost of a wedding in the United States is $20,300, a decrease of 4,400 compared to 2019. This is an Average. What is surprising to me is […]