More of a tax question but involes using the margin loan feature.
So I'm trying to buy a car for about 30k and have about 250k in investments.
The following is the plan:
- sell investments that have gains and and investments that have losses so that the losses cancel out the gains hence no capital gains tax.
- withdraw the the cash from investments sold
- use margin to buy safe stocks (td, bns, enb). The example stocks have a looooong history of paying and increasing dividends and have a dividend yield of greater than the 5% margin interest.
- I believe interest paid on margin is tax deductible so the real interest would end up being 5*(1-t) assuming a 35% tax rate that brings the interest rate down to 3.25%
Essentially, I buy the car and amount invested doesn't change. I guess the biggest risk is a sudden drop in stock price causing a margin call.
Soo tell me
- why this wouldn't work
- why it's a bad idea
Posted Jul 9, 2025, 11:19 PM UTC
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