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For questions that relate to the laws, practices, and products of the United States.

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Bitcoin (for example) to property, avoid cap gains tax in swap?

No easy way to do this usually, are some tax jurisdictions where certain classes of swaps are allowed (see https://www.taxinsider.co.uk/swapping-or-gifting-interests-in-property-cgt-issues-ta for exam …
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Why are long-dated US treasury bond yields so low?

In short, because the market prices them that way. There is still huge demand for (effectively) risk free long term bonds at these rates, for a number of reasons so large many books could be written a …
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US: How do offshore bank accounts help?

Super basic/unrealistic example but: Let's say you run a hedge fund in New York. You make 50% a year in investing profit and don't want to pay tax. Well you're a hedge fund so you might argue you want …
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Why are cash advance limits lower than my credit limit?

Contrary to what many people think, credit card companies pass nearly all fraud costs via purchased goods onto the merchant who sells them. As a result, they stand a very high chance of getting the mo …
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Merits of buying apartment houses and renting them

I’m not an expert on the VISA/US tax or insurance, but you're making enough mistakes in terms of all the associated costs involved in owning and renting houses/apartments that this already looks poten …
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Why are liquidity suppliers willing to provide "price improvements" when executing orders?

Imagine you have an equity trading at a spread of 50 vs 51. You have a solid idea the correct price of the equity is the exact midpoint of 50.5, as well as the ability to move very quickly when you se …
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Why does the iShares EEM ETF have a higher expense ratio than similar ETFs like VWO?

This is a product of a few factors: EEM is very liquid, while it has just under half the assets under management of VWO (35b vs 65b) it has a daily volume nearly 5x higher than VWO (2.5bn vs ~500m) a …
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Buy small-cap ETF when you already have large-cap of the same market

Yes, you should own a diverse mix of company sizes to be well diversified. While both will probably get hit in a recession, different economies suit different sized companies very differently in many …
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