Riding the Expat
Wave
The podcast for global expats, remote workers, and cross-border families ready to break free from a market-dependent plan and build true financial freedom.
"No more clickbait headlines. No more panic-inducing forum advice. Just raw, actionable financial reality — every Tuesday."
New episodes every Tuesday — available on
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Meet Your Hosts
Not just commentators. Actual financial professionals.
Between them, Noa and Ryan have spent three decades translating market complexity into real strategies for people who live across borders.
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Your Financial Bestie
A Certified Financial Planner (CFP®) with over 15 years spent translating dry spreadsheets into real-world human strategies. Noa packed up her life in Los Angeles in 2022 and moved across the Atlantic to Lisbon — meaning she lives the exact cross-border life she structures for her clients.
Lisbon 🇵🇹
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The CIO
A 15-year veteran investment professional with roots at major Wall Street firms, hedge funds, and private equity. Ryan manages a fast-growing $150 million portfolio, bringing macro-economic rigor, institutional perspective, and a steady U.S.-based anchor to clients whose ambitions cross international lines.
United States 🇺🇸
Potential Episode Segments
Here's what you can expect
Between them, Noa and Ryan have spent three decades translating market complexity into real strategies for people who live across borders.
Part
Part
Part
Part One · Tune In
Clickbait vs. reality. We cut through the deafening market noise and explain what the global economy actually means for your personal wallet.
Part Two · Debunk
We debunk the worst — and most dangerous — expat financial advice floating around the internet, so you don't fall victim to it.
Part Three · Act
How to actively avoid the steep financial and tax penalties that hit when you try to DIY your cross-border wealth, foreign taxes, and timelines.
What the show is built on
Four pillars of global autonomy
Institutional portfolio management built to withstand full market cycles.
Navigating life across international borders without being tied to a single zip code.
Breaking down cross-border tax rules, currency shifts, and moving timelines.
Moving past market dependency to secure true personal autonomy.
Pillar 1 of 4
We manage money the way institutions do — globally diversified, drawdown-tested, and rebalanced with tax in mind, so your portfolio is built to outlast any single market cycle.
Globally diversified allocation
Drawdown-tested strategies
Tax-aware rebalancing
Pillar 2 of 4
From banking to healthcare to where you call home, we map the practical systems that let you live across borders — so your address never dictates your options.
Cross-border banking setup
Healthcare & insurance abroad
Choosing your home base
Pillar 3 of 4
The expat reality is paperwork, deadlines, and currency math. We translate cross-border tax rules and relocation timelines into a plan you can actually follow.
Cross-border tax rules
Currency & FX strategy
Relocation timelines
Pillar 4 of 4
Real freedom is not being at the mercy of the next market headline. We build income and reserves that make your lifestyle resilient — and genuinely yours.
Resilient income streams
Reserve & runway planning
Autonomy over dependency
Latest Episodes
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Episodes run 20–30 minutes — perfect for a morning walk or a transatlantic flight.
Meet Noa and Ryan of Green Ocean Global Advisors. In this quick intro, discover why your life doesn't have to be market-dependent, how to navigate multiple currencies, and why traditional financial planning leaves expats feeling completely misunderstood.
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Work with Green Ocean Global
Stop guessing across
time zones.
Managing wealth across multiple currency regimes, competing tax rules, and international borders isn't something you should DIY. Let's design a portfolio built for global autonomy — so your money supports how you actually live, rather than locking you into a single zip code.
Why an intro call
A clear read on your cross-border tax and currency exposure
A portfolio framework designed for how you actually live
No jargon, no pressure — a fiduciary conversation
Free Resources & Tools
The expat resource vault
Every worksheet, checklist, guide, and tool we mention on the show — searchable and filterable by exactly what you need right now.
