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Should you be able to take out a million dollar loan against the diamond, use the loan to buy stocks, and claim a loss on the year? Then the stocks increase in
by 34679 5y ago
Should you be able to take out a million dollar loan against the diamond, use the loan to buy stocks, and claim a loss on the year? Then the stocks increase in value, you're able to take out a new loan against them, and use that to pay off the diamond loan. Now you have a diamond, stocks, and no taxable income. Of course, you rinse and repeat.
Maybe we need to re-examine the definition of "realized gains".