Everyone knows the world is in crisis. Yet I’m looking forward to the new year…and you should be, too…because you could make some serious money.

China, Brazil and India were the big emerging-market growth stories of recent years. Indonesia is this year’s story.

Perhaps you're looking for ways to trim your tax bill... or you’re keen to diversify your portfolio by accessing money-making foreign investment opportunities, then you need an offshore bank account. An offshore account can give you the chance to trade freely in foreign stocks, bonds, mutual funds and national currencies unavailable to you otherwise.

Beneath the whitewashed colonial colonnade stretching the length of the cobbled square, ancient wooden doorways open onto tiny shops exuding the mouth-watering scent of fresh-baked bread and ripe fruit into the morning air.

Several years ago, just five days into graduate school in California, Robin Finley had what he calls his “ah ha!” moment. "I set my sights on Colombia. I’d been there on a previous trip through Latin America, and it left a strong impression on me."

Six months from now, you could be living in paradise... for much less than it costs you to stay home. That's the premise -- and the promise -- of our 6th Annual Ultimate Event.

In my former life, I failed to live up to society’s expectations in plenty of ways. Just ask my high-school teachers or my ex-wife.