no. That would be considered hedging. Or it would be “coincidental” that the options trader happened to buy puts before the prime brokerage division sold.
i looked at fundrise just now.
No returns. no explanation on how they invest in properties, what kind of properties they invest in, or what their financing is like.
There are certain criteria to qualify for section 475. One of them is that your average holding period has to be less than 31 days. I think this is defined by some court case.
I can't find the link now, but GreenTraderTax explicitly highlights this as being one of the most important criteria's.
Banks want smart, hardworking, competitive, and hungry people. They don't need to be from the top schools, but being from a top school generally shows you to be smart, hardworking, and competitive.
Not being charged and not doing an illegal activity are two different things. There was an entire presidency that was based on the fact that he could not be charged while doing illegal things. He still did the illegal things.