capital gains tax
2 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 17, 2026 by Sam Lessin · across every show →
Everything said about capital gains tax, oldest first
Apr 17, 2026 neutral
Sam Lessin: Capital gains taxes create an artificial floor under mega-cap stocks
“I'd rather just be long it and hold it, because you'd have to believe, not only is SpaceX overvalued, you have to have the opinion that it's so bad, right, that it's gonna underperform the rest of the market by 50% from where it is, for it to be worth taking t…”
Apr 17, 2026 negative
Lessin: Returns concentrating in tax-exempt endowments harms the long-term economy
“Universities or people who are not taxable get to do way better moves in the market than anyone who's taxable, right? And this is because it's a weird thing, which is very bad, I think, for the economy long term, that all the money and returns will pull up in …”