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minus-squarebreetai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 months agoThat’s my point. They were worth 20 million. Due to legal restrictions I couldn’t sell. As such I would have to pay taxes on 20 million. When I could sell they were worth zero. So I would have ended up negative.
minus-squareBytemeister@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkΕλληνικάarrow-up0·8 months agoSounds like that stock wasn’t worth the risk then. That’s capitalism in a nutshell brahski, people lose money betting on the market every day.
That’s my point. They were worth 20 million. Due to legal restrictions I couldn’t sell. As such I would have to pay taxes on 20 million. When I could sell they were worth zero.
So I would have ended up negative.
Sounds like that stock wasn’t worth the risk then. That’s capitalism in a nutshell brahski, people lose money betting on the market every day.