• mozz@mbin.grits.dev
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    4 months ago

    Yes

    Nobody will say they lost $49 trillion if stock go down next week

    They cannot get $49 trillion out of the market by selling all their stocks

    It’s just a weird misleading framing

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      4 months ago

      I guess the difference there is that the wealthy can take out loans and secure assets like houses against their stocks but yes the stock market isn’t real

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        I mean, regular people can do that too, just not to the same extent. Robinhood is offering 6.75% now on margin loans, and IBKR has like 6.85% or so.