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The countries in question don't enforce Islamic banking laws.

The biggest tax haven in the world is the United States. Non-resident aliens investing in the US are exempt from many taxes, including capital gains and taxes on bank interest.

syrre, You should carefully examine the tax consequences of obtaining a US green card. You will be liable on your global income and may find it difficult or impossible to open accounts with various financial institutions around the world which don't wish to deal with reporting requirements...

shortbleu, Have you looked at the broker FOLIOfn? For $290/year, you can create portfolios which may be rebalanced daily.

E-Trade was available on CompuServe in 1991. Schwab had some sort of proprietary online service too. "Online" need not mean "Internet".

Among others, Argentina, Egypt, Hong Kong, Jamaica, Singapore, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UAE have no capital gains tax. Japan and the Netherlands have effectively negligible capital gains tax. However, US citizens and permanent residents are out of luck, as they must pay taxes to the...

Excerpt: "This man(29-years-old) is most famous Japanese individual stock day trader named Takashi Kotegawa, his nickname is “B・N・F”. He has increased his own fund from 1.6 million yen($13,600) to 18 billion yen($153 million) for 8 year or so (I have ever introduced his...

This is not the case if one's past income and net worth are low enough: "Expatriation after June 3, 2004 The American Jobs Creation Act (AJCA) of 2004 amends Section 877 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), which provides for an alternative tax regime for certain, expatriated individuals...

Is it possible to use eSignal OnDemand with third party software?

I just ordered one of the newly released MacBook Pros. I think it is quite cheap, given what you get.

Fidelity is an option too. No account fees. Higher sweep account interest than Schwab. $1/bond, $8 min. per order, $250 max., $50 max per trade for bonds with less than one year maturity.

In certain European countries, like Belgium, Bulgaria, Netherlands, and Switzerland, people pay 0% capital gains tax. In some other European countries, capital gains are taxed more favourably than ordinary income: Estonia: 20% Finland: 28% France: 16% Germany: No tax if held more than one...

"Doubts intensified last night over the nature of an alleged aggressive confrontation by Iranian patrol boats and American warships in the Persian Gulf on Sunday, after Pentagon officials admitted that they could not confirm that a threat to blow up the US ships had been made directly by the...

Shorting a successful company is, in general, a bad idea.

Fidelity offers free paper statements and confirmations, charges no low balance or low activity fees, and places excess funds in a tax free money market fund.

Shorting a successful company is not a wise move.

You can start shopping for your Tehran apartment here: http://www.worldisround.com/articles/98910/index.html I wouldn't be surprised if it is more expensive than Madrid.

Did you ever consider living in Switzerland, where there is no capital gains tax? You would be close to home and lots of people speak some kind of German ...

Are we talking about Iran (Persia) or Iraq (Mesopotamia)? These are two very different countries. Here is a blog by Esther, a Jewish-American woman who lives in Tehran, Iran. You may wish to ask her about conditions for Americans there: http://www.viewfromiran.blogspot.com/

You are possibly extrapolating from the news from countries such as Pakistan and Iraq. The murder rate in Iran is much lower than that of the USA.