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They shouldn't. Day trading is a plague.


Everybody is doing some form of rebalancing now. Major institutions have lower trading fees and do this more frequently.


I'm curious about a system where capital gains are 100% for the first... I don't know, let's say a month. Then you ramp down over the course of the next year until it matches the regular income tax rate. I'm less concerned about the specific time periods than I am about the idea that it would be beneficial to society to have our financial systems encourage long-term thinking.


In my tax jurisdiction, Capital Gains is a way lower percentage than Income Tax.


Publicly traded companies are a plague. Have you seen the damage they inflict on the poor?


The damage done to the poor are the roadblocks that prevent them from investing in them. Having to have a minimum income to open an IRA, etc.




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