THE SENTIMENT DESK
As seen on the 24/7 Wall St. homepage on July 24, 2026.
Reddit's personal finance crowd is asking the right question: liquidate a million dollar stock portfolio to buy an apartment outright or leverage compounding and a mortgage instead. The consensus is brutal for the all-cash move. Tax hits on realized gains plus abandoning years of market returns means most respondents see it as leaving free money on the table.