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golli@lemm.ee 1 week agoAnother aspect of why it is more profitable is that it allows them to avoid paying taxes on sales and already accumulated profits, which is desirable because of the compound interest effect.
I think if using something as collateral for a loan would create a taxable event and eliminate this advantage, then they would care a lot less about the arbitrage play between interest rates and average long term stock returns.