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Assuming you're highly financially literate and have UHNW parents who can fund you in at least the low 8-figures range for whatever:
1. Dump into equities on margin
- IBKR has dirt cheap margin (4.5% or something) right now and you only need 50% margin, easy way to lever up when cost of debt is way under long-run cost of equity
- Margjn rates get even lower with more money (millions+) or if you have established banking history with your bank (especially if parents are in the WM arm)
- Historically $35 margin for each $100 equity in broadly diversified indices (US all cap or global all cap) will NEVER get margin called, easy spread (cost of equity - cost of debt) on the 35%
- $5MM investment portfolio (starter trust fund) with $1.75MM levered at 4.5% borrowing rate and returns 8% on average = free ~62K/year
2. Lever tf up with rental properties at 5% downpayment
- Ask parents for money or get them to HELOC one of their properties
- Spam buy high class assets (multifamily in big cities) at 5% downpayment with B-lenders who will loan to you even if you have very little income (early 20s IB/PE cash comp is $400K USD at the top tier), so use your own trust fund/family balance sheet to back
- 20x leverage is very powerful even if cost of debt is higher due to B-lenders having lax requirements
- Will likely be cash-flow negative so need decent reserve fund for a few years til you can exit some assets at a solid cap rate, NOI grows enough, and/or refinance mortgage to a lower rate
1. Dump into equities on margin
- IBKR has dirt cheap margin (4.5% or something) right now and you only need 50% margin, easy way to lever up when cost of debt is way under long-run cost of equity
- Margjn rates get even lower with more money (millions+) or if you have established banking history with your bank (especially if parents are in the WM arm)
- Historically $35 margin for each $100 equity in broadly diversified indices (US all cap or global all cap) will NEVER get margin called, easy spread (cost of equity - cost of debt) on the 35%
- $5MM investment portfolio (starter trust fund) with $1.75MM levered at 4.5% borrowing rate and returns 8% on average = free ~62K/year
2. Lever tf up with rental properties at 5% downpayment
- Ask parents for money or get them to HELOC one of their properties
- Spam buy high class assets (multifamily in big cities) at 5% downpayment with B-lenders who will loan to you even if you have very little income (early 20s IB/PE cash comp is $400K USD at the top tier), so use your own trust fund/family balance sheet to back
- 20x leverage is very powerful even if cost of debt is higher due to B-lenders having lax requirements
- Will likely be cash-flow negative so need decent reserve fund for a few years til you can exit some assets at a solid cap rate, NOI grows enough, and/or refinance mortgage to a lower rate