Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee has died
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Re: Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee has died
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50% Inheritance tax would do wonders in the US. Honestly if you want the best people at the top then no one should start with a billion dollar advantage.
I believe in the US it's around 40 percent for billionaires.
Re: Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee has died
#53Re: Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee has died
#54This reminds me of this tweet: https://twitter.com/oniontaker/status/1214540491577942017
50% Inheritance tax would do wonders in the US. Honestly if you want the best people at the top then no one should start with a billion dollar advantage.
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#55Re: Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee has died
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It's quite amazing how some pieces of conspiracy is so readily accepted while some others are vehemently denied to the point where people are sent to jail over it.
It’s a rumour that would have been easy to disprove if he was well.
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There is absolutely no problem with liquidating a $7B slice of equity in a matter of weeks (probably even days). People don't appreciate just how enormous the capital markets are.
If it is a single stock it may still affect the price. That’s why big sell-offs are usually done over a long period of time, like weeks. People also don’t appreciate just how small the capital markets are and how much they rely on market makers.
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Seems that more leverage and more debt is in fact the answer to everything. BRB, need to take a second mortgage to buy more equity index funds. I will then use the fund shares as a collateral for another loan, and you get the idea. I wonder why hasn't anyone thought of it yet! Time for a YC application!
I don't think zeroing out home equity to buy bonds is a bad idea. After all, you either have real estate exposure or some other one, bond or equity exposure. While I haven't done the analysis, I would venture to guess that investment grade bonds at the very least have lower volatility than real estate.
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Do you think the investment grade bonds are going to yield better than the interest rate on a home mortgage ?!?
Yeah I doubt a bond would pay that well.. but he does have a point about risk exposure. Your mortgage could be thought of as an investment in the local real estate market.. diversifying that risk by buying shares in a REIT could be a good strategy... especially if you're in a low-growth area (ie outside of the big cities, midwest, etc).
Re: Samsung group chairman Lee Kun-hee has died
#60This reminds me of this tweet: https://twitter.com/oniontaker/status/1214540491577942017