A $38 Million Apple Inheritance: Sell, Hold, or Diversify?
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A $38 million Apple position paying $121,000 a year in dividends yields roughly 0.3%, and the step-up in basis means selling now triggers almost no tax. The 117-comment thread keeps landing on the same point: concentration risk is the real decision.
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A 32-year-old in Vancouver, WA inherited a trust holding roughly $38 million of Apple stock, and asked r/inheritance whether to sell it all, hold it for the dividends, or borrow against it through an SBLOC.
Because inherited assets are revalued at the date of death, the step-up in cost basis means selling now would trigger almost no capital gains tax, which commenters flagged as the single biggest reason not to hold by default.
Even commenters who think Apple is a strong company argue that tying the bulk of a multi-million-dollar estate to one stock's fortunes is a structural problem, regardless of how well that company has performed historically.
The annual dividend works out to a yield of roughly 0.3%, low relative to what a diversified portfolio or a partial sale and redeployment would generate. That math is why the community consensus leans toward at least partial diversification.
The top comment, from pr0prfkt, advises finding a trustworthy professional because the stakes here are significant. Others echoed that, recommending a fee-only CFP and urging the poster to take time before any irreversible moves.
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