5 (1) That’s right. I had two condos (“apartamentos” in Brazil). One is our primary residence and the other was actually the first property we bought here. Long story short, we didn’t use it much. We have friends in the same area with many properties, so any time we’d go visit the area we just…

0 (0) Check out our new portfolio withdrawal calculator, using Brazilian stock market, bond, and inflation data. Many such retirement withdrawal simulators exist, but they all use US asset and inflation data. If you want to simulate retirement withdrawals from a portfolio consisting on non-US assets, in an economy with not-US inflation, you’ve been out…

5 (2) I had appendicitis, which was treated in a public hospital in Brazil, and here is the story. “But, Sirsandals, that’s all fine and good however I’m not here to read about your medical issues… Show me the MONEY”.Don’t worry. If you stick around to the end, there will be a neat tie in…

5 (2) Have you ever gone on vacation to a foreign country and thought “Wow, everything is so cheap, I feel rich!”. Then congratulations; you have discovered geoarbitrage! When you go to another country and exchange your native currency to their currency, often the goods and services denominated in that local currency require less purchasing…

5 (3) A little about me. For the time being I’ll refer to myself as Sirsandals. I plan to remain anonymous for an undetermined period of time. So, about me; well, us actually. There is also a Mrs. Sirsandals, and we have an adult daughter. Mrs. Sirsandals and I have been married for about 20…