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liquidate

[lik-wi-deyt] / ˈlɪk wɪˌdeɪt /




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“It’s more about a lot of uncertainty in risk markets and a demand for liquidity,” and market participants at some point “having to sell good assets after liquidating bad assets just to have cash.”

From MarketWatch

Some victims have sold homes or liquidated retirement portfolios.

From The Wall Street Journal

However, he does not want to spend all of his savings or liquidate his small home.

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Last month it called on the board of Compass Diversified, a publicly traded investment firm, to launch an immediate strategic review and liquidate the company.

From The Wall Street Journal

It’s a clever workaround and it would be technically feasible, but you are correct in that the opportunity cost and potential capital-gains taxes from liquidating other assets probably outweigh those tax savings.

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