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    Best way to make money as the market goes down? (coming recession?)

    What are some of the best ways to make money during a recession? Make money off the market by shorting it? (use a etf to short the market as a whole?, wise to use a x2 or x3 short etf?). Other better options?
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    Idea for sticky?

    Since residency, visa, and tax law are always changing and hard to keep track of would it possible to create a sticky thread of a master list of countries that is updated on a ongoing basis? Ie country A) - residency requirements, time frame, cost, etc. - Taxes, territorial, %, - etc, etc...
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    2 year plan to lower taxes?

    Canadian, have a decent stock investment portfolio, but also a private sector pension. I want to become a non resident of Canada to save taxes on my investments, but if I move directly to a non tax or residential tax location like Dubai or Paraguay my pension will be taxed at almost double...
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    Changing Resident country a year after becoming a non resident of one's home country

    For tax reasons, and the ability to more easily become a non resident of canada, I am considering setting up residence in europe for a year as my home country taxes my pension income less with countries with a tax treaty. Larger however is my investment portfolio. My pension will be deposited...
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    Offshore (non resident banking) for Canadian thinking about Paraguay residency?

    As the title states, I am considering leaving Canada and getting residence in Paraguay (not to live full time, but as a base to set myself up tax wise). That being said I would prefer to do most of my banking outside of the country. Would obtaining Paraguay residence hinder myself from finding...
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    Investing in foreign stocks while being a resident of Malaysia? (or other foreign countries)

    Tossing around ideas.... Thinking about moving to Malaysia and becoming non resident of Canada because of it's territorial tax system. My question is how do structure my investments so they don't trigger any income taxes? Does Malaysia tax investment gains in foreign stock markets? Would...
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    Steps to OPTIMIZE one's taxes when leaving a country like Canada to become a Non resident.

    Here is the deal, I'm recently retired (fairly young) with a full pension. My pension provider will send my pension where ever I want, but informed me that a government withholding tax would apply. I dug a little deeper and noticed that then rate varies from country to country. For example UAE...
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    Possible to have 2 residency's at the same time.

    I have a question... I want to become a non resident of Canada and for example if i was thinking of setting up residency in a low tax jurisdiction like the UAE, after obtaining that (would it take 180 days?) and I severed my ties to Canada would I then be able to also take advantage of the...
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    Obtaining UAE residency, reasonable minimum requirements

    I notice that there seems to be options for regular residency, business, and retirement. What would the approximate minimum requirements be for each to make the switch worth while? Would each of these qualifiers result in lowering ones taxes? Does one have to be a multi millionaire to take...
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    anonymous domain registration and low tax web hosting

    Curious as to the best recommended places to register a new web domain and to host said site anonymously. Also since I am planning on relocating to a lower tax jurisdiction, what countries are recommended for e-commerce or hosting of said companies? Also is it advisable to host my company in a...
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    Buying real estate with crypto?

    As per the title... Is it possible to buy real estate with crypto? Anyone here done it? What are the pros and cons? Which countries make it the easiest? privacy concerns? etc... Thanks.
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    Your favourite International (non usa) bank and why?

    What is your favourite bank to deal with and why? Also besides USD, do you hold other currencies as a hedge?
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    Protection from economic recession

    As the title says, IMF is reporting that the world economy is in a danger zone for a recession, How are you protecting your assets, investments from a downturn? USD soon to lose value? where to invest instead? Safest currencies? Gold? Other means? How to protect ones assets?
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    Offshore bank or investment card comparable to the Schwab debit visa?

    As a Canadian I am ineligible for the schwab account and its corresponding gold standard low fee's travel card. Question. Are there any other banks or investment companies in other jurisdictions that are comparable to schwab sweet deal on low fees debit cards?
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    What is the best method to exchange money to another currency?

    I am looking to exchange hundreds of thousands of Canadian dollars to USD and then transfer overseas. What method of exchange has the least fees involved with the best rate? Banks? investment firms? crypto? What would you use?
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    What would you do? Leaving Canada to live abroad.

    Greetings, I am a recent retiree that is lucky enough to have retired relatively young, with a decent pension (atm) and I have also accumulated just under a million in assets which i can easily liquify. As i look at my home country spending itself deep into debt (ala Argentina), governments...
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    How do i protect myself?

    Greetings everyone, this is my first post out here so i apologize if it is posted in the wrong forum... My situation... I live in Canada and due to the recent happenings involving the lack of freedom with the virus lock downs and the endless debt spending i am looking for answers to protect my...

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