My uncle (65) and I were talking after his fathers funeral and he's trying to figure out why his father (who died at 95), was holding only 1 ETF, SPY. The capital gains are so insane that we're not sure how to part ways with it and move to something like VTI or VOO, IVV, etc.
We've met several "shady" people who are willing to "exchange" (as in something like 1031) the assets in return for a "fee".
In any case, while that discussion continues on, I wanted to know d...

The Chinese market has attracted increased attention in global markets, accompanied by rising volatility as more capital seeks to capitalize on potential opportunities largely driven by government measures. This environment led to a sharp rebound at the end of September, just before the National Holiday.
A specific example of this volatility: after two days of significant declines, the Chinese stock market rebounded...

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America's billionaires have unloaded $42.9 billion in stock through the start of December, more than double the $20.2 billion they sold in all of 2020, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Why are billionaires selling off their stocks?
One plausible explanation is that this is how they plan to pay their upcoming tax bills in the new year.Last month, the House of Representatives passed a superwealth surtax of 5% on income over $10 million and 3% more if it tops $25 million.
The surtax — which would take effect in 2022 and still has to make it through the Senate — applies to capital gains, meaning cashing out stock holdings would be pricier. In other words, billionaires have two more weeks to save up to 8% on their tax bills.
Another factor driving sales is that the Fed has to step in to cool down the overheated economy with tapering, could billionaires be selling off their stocks at the “top” before a market crash?
Also,billionaires could have a variety of personal reasons for selling now, including funding charitable endeavors, like Jeff Bezos.
Mooers, what do you think about the recent billionaire selloffs?
Source: Bloomberg, CNBC

Someday, the post-pandemic equities rally is going to end. When it does it will take a lot of newly christened stock bulls with it.
“There's a lot of very young people in the accumulation phase,” said Dan Egan, managing director of behavioral finance and investing for robo-adviser Betterment, who added that younger investors in particular have used selloffs as buying opportunities. “If they have any excess cash sitting around, they're going to use it to buy in.”
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