Yhn BusinessFinance first seen 1 d ago, last 34 min ago, peak #2
The 'Buy, Borrow and Die' Wealth Strategy Is Now a $5 Trillion Market
Original: The 'Buy, Borrow and Die' Wealth Strategy Has Become a $5T Market
A Wall Street Journal report examines how the 'buy, borrow and die' strategy — where wealthy Americans avoid capital gains taxes by borrowing against their assets instead of selling, then passing them on with a stepped-up basis — has grown into a market worth roughly $5 trillion. Securities-backed lending has expanded well beyond the ultra-rich, raising questions about tax policy and financial risk.
Why now: The scale of the market and its tax implications have drawn fresh attention as wealth inequality and tax policy debates intensify.
Wall Street JournalUS tax systemsecurities-backed lendingwealthy investors
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