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by Dig1t 3 days ago
If you borrow against it you still have to pay interest. If he somehow found someone to loan him $1T, which would probably be practically impossible, the interest would make the total amount he got less than $1T.
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if you borrow against it and buy shares of stock, the stockmarket generally can be counted on for at least 7% returns, and the borrowing cost would be 5%, so no, chances are the interest would not eat up the borrowing.
Correct, he couldn't borrow $1T from one person with $1T as collateral.