Biographies
John Miller is a Graduate of Georgetown University with a Master’s Degree In Public Administration. John served as an artillery army spotter-pilot during the Viet Nam Era (serving in both Korea & the U.S). After military service, he began his career on Wall Street, working for many of Wall Street's top firms (Dean Witter, Interstate Securities & Lehman Brothers). After twenty years in the securities business, he started his own investment firm, Miller & Associates. The firm began operations in Florida, and subsequently relocated to Maui, Hawaii. John presently manages Miller & Associates, in Maui, Hawaii, and NZ Trans Global Investments, in Auckland, NZ.
John & his wife Monica moderate of the “Investment Club International. This Internet social investment club is unique. It has over 600 members worldwide, is free, and educational in nature. John writes for the Club Blog each week, and does his best to answer questions from the membership.
He resides, with his wife Monica in Waiheke Island, New Zealand. The club's Blog is: investmentclubinternational.ning.com.
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Monica Miller’s, career involved work as an International sales, marketing, and product development professional, for the Spa & beauty industry. Besides the US, she traveled frequently throughout Asia, and Europe.
Monica was instrumental in forming, and moderating the Maui Investment club. She & John hosted the popular “Maui” radio talk show: The Investment Club. The show’s format was similar to the popular “Doland’s” radio show. It used old Time Radio Skits to teach the fundamentals of investing.
We did it!
As I sit down and write this book, with the help of my wife and partner Monica, I can’t help but being amazed at the beautiful scenery right outside my window. Waiheke Island is by far, the most beautiful land that we have ever visited.
I am continuously amazed that we’re actually here in N.Z. While living in Hawaii, we had a NZ friend do a “Google Earth” on Waiheke Island. He showed us Waiheke’s beautiful beaches, which reminded us of Maui. Our house lease was expiring, and our investment club members knew we could take care of them just as well from NZ. So, with clear conscience, we called Air New Zealand, and we were on our way.
We really didn’t intend to stay in N.Z. for any great length of time, as we loved Maui. However, the longer we stayed, the more we did not want to leave. Our clients, and investment club members needed to know how the NZ- Australian investment scene worked. They wanted to know how to get their investment and savings, safely out of the U.S. before capital controls set in. This required us to stay for at least three months.
Three months went by, and we got hooked. NZ is great; it’s people gracious and caring, and the scenery and countryside second to none. It is civilized, has a great banking & investment system, and they speak English! Adding it all up, we made our decision to stay. We rented a nice place, got our three-year Visa, and began working towards residency.
We did return to Maui once to say our final good byes to all our friends and clients. That was in mid 2010.
Gaining permanent residency in NZ is challenging. We were advised that there were a few ways to gain permanent residency. One, is to work for a NZ company in your specialized field. This didn’t apply to me (us) as we were over the age of 55. The other route that seemed to fit, had to do with establishing your own business. This was called the “entrepreneurial work visa” program. We chose that route, and started NZ Trans Global Investments, Ltd. While establishing a financial advisory company in NZ is easy, getting one’s financial license is not! After a year of intense study, and examinations, I was awarded the highest accreditation, the title of “authorized financial adviser
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