<<IRD ... capital gain ...dividend tax law ... change ... level the playing field>>
HK would welcome you and your moolah at much friendlier rates ... how does 0% grab you? Just come in town and open a/c with any enormous financial institution, and specify that the funds are to be booked in three jurisdictions, say London, Singapore and HK, as a suggestion.
<<heat>> ... must try filling bath tub with cold water, to soak and read in. The old fashioned way still works ... like gold.
<<QCOM>> ... suggest hold for bounce, then off load, before too long.
France ... believe it is very tax unfriendly, but nevertheless appreciate the food, people, though not so much the climate over the past 10 days. Wife and Coconut went to Brittany. I am back in HK. Hot here as well, but have aircon everywhere.
<<New Zealand>> ... going to pot, along with a lot of other places, all stewing, waiting for revolution, and so, suggest accumulation of gold at prices under 600, a bargain.
<<Oil ... dive ... 40 ... 50>> ... could happen, but that would mean very bad things are happening in monetary space ... meaning severe 'deflation', and when so, few places to hide, not France or HK, not QCOM or gold.
<<house purchase in France>> ... consider buying transformed/gentrified river barge, purchased in E.Europe, registered in Luxemburg, anchored anywhere you want.
Chugs, J |