The Future of Shopping, Full Steam Ahead in Panama, and More

The Future of Shopping, Full Steam Ahead in Panama, and More

It’s a brewing opportunity when a firm like Vanguard (a mutual fund company with $5 trillion in assets) takes precious metals out of its flagship investment fund. If your goal is to sell investment products, you’re not going to sell many when the asset in question is down 35% since 2012.So there’s no more “Van-guard Precious Metals and Mining Fund.”...

Escape the Winter on These 3 Caribbean Islands Part One

Escape the Winter on These 3 Caribbean Islands Part One

Avoiding the Caribbean clichés of steel drum bands and flocks of hair braiders working crowded beaches, Roatán, in the Caribbean Sea just off the coast of Honduras, stands alone. Rising nearly 1,000 feet above the perpetually warm waters, this tiny tropical jewel is covered with lush jungle flowing up steep hillsides, across sheer ravines, and blanketing broad valleys...

Escape the Winter on These 3 Caribbean Islands Part Two

Escape the Winter on These 3 Caribbean Islands Part Two

When I told friends and acquaintances that I was headed to the Dominican Republic, many broke into wide grins and mentioned they’d visited…and loved it. Invariably, though, they’d been to beach resorts, mostly in the resort area of Punta Cana. I was more interested in seeing where you could live at the beach, long term, comfortably...

Where to Find a Luxury Upgrade for a Pampered Retirement Part Two

Where to Find a Luxury Upgrade for a Pampered Retirement Part Two

Palace living isn’t very luxurious if you have to spend every waking hour cleaning and maintaining it. So how about getting someone to do the chores? Treat yourself…you can afford it.“Another thing I’ve taken advantage of here is the good, reliable hired help,” says Jessica Ramesch. “When I lived in the green Clayton sector of Panama City...