Uh oh... I was also looking for the best place in the world to trade and I found that maybe that's where I am:
Porto, Portugal. Let's see...
1. Warm Climate
Average 20 degrees celsius, 30 degrees August, 10 degrees February. Dozens of beaches, bars and SPAs. Tourism is growing. Porto and nearby cities are at the seaside. We have about 1200 Km of seaside in Portugal.
2. In a time zone that can trade the London & New York Markets.
It's GMT: London session 08 AM - 4 PM, NY session 2 PM - 22 PM.
3. Reliable internet connections
Three fiber optics providers: Zon, Clix and Meo. See prices/month:
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ZON Multimedia
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Clix FIBRA - O poder da Fibra Óptica
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MEO Fibra - À velocidade da luz Serviços e Equipamentos (TV + NET)
These are retail fiber optics providers. You also have Vodafone, TMN and Optimus mobile internet providers. We have good cable and ADSL, but everyone is upgrading to fiber.
4. Low income tax
- No need to apply for commercial activity, IRS for capital gains was 10 percent but I think the law changed this year so I don't know how it works or if you need to declare it here.
5. Good health service and schools.
- Several public/private universities inside the city, many hospitals, many many clinics and family health centers.
6. Easy immigration with a UK passport.
You don't need special formalities to be here - Portugal is an EEA (European Economic Area) member, just like the UK. That means, if you have a UK passport you don't need nothing more.
From the USA, I think it's easy and there must be no special restrictions.
And that's not all.
- Good transportation (brand new Metro network)
- Consumer products are cheap
- Renting is exploding (you can rent an appartment for 400 euros/month)
- We have about 6 big shopping malls with free Wi-fi connections.
- We have IKEA, MacDonalds, Burger King, Blockbuster, Pizza Hut, Warner Cinemas, all that stuff.
- City parks
- One of the best ATM machine networks
- Excelent mobile phone services - it's very usual for a portuguese to have 2 or 3 mobile phones
TIP: do a Google street view.