🛡️ Tax-advantaged PPLI from Arta

Private market investing through a life insurance wrapper

Arta Finance gives qualified investors access to elite wealth strategies.

One of their most powerful tools is Private Placement Life Insurance (PPLI) — a structure that wraps private market investments in a tax-advantaged insurance policy.

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[PPLI] is an ultra-niche financial product, exploited by the super-wealthy to avoid taxes.

– US Senator, in this 2024 report

PPLI has long been used by billionaires to reduce taxes, defer gains, and pass on wealth efficiently.

Now Arta has made it more accessible.

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High earners in high-tax states
Investors allocating to alts with tax drag
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Families thinking about multi-generational wealth

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📰 Market Headlines

Markets closed out March with their steepest losses since 2022, as President Trump’s looming tariffs spooked investors.

On Monday, the S&P 500 rose 0.55%, the Dow gained 1%, and the Nasdaq dipped 0.14%.
President Trump announced his reciprocal tariffs would apply to all countries, rejecting proposals to limit them to top trading partners.

OpenAI closed a record-breaking $40 billion funding round, valuing the company at $300 billion.

🐭 Alternative investing news

Two big music catalog buyouts this week:

Deadmau5 sells his entire catalog for $55m
WMG acquired the full catalog + trademarks for Twisted Sister

🐭 Deadmau5 sells his entire catalog in a $55m deal | Alts

Electronic music titan Deadmau5 just sold his entire catalog — and his label Mau5trap’s — to Create Music Group for over $55 million. This isn't just a rights grab. It's a power play. The deal includes 4,000+ tracks, a new JV for future releases, and ...

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📊 Ideas, trends, and analysis

Lithium battery fire risks raised concerns for EV makers as waste facility fires surged 60% and caused $2.5 billion in damages.
Job market anxiety spread across income levels, with Glassdoor reporting a 5% increase in layoff mentions in employee reviews.
Goldman Sachs officially slashed its S&P 500 forecasts for the second time this month, citing higher tariffs and growing recession risks

🧠 Make yourself heard

Since 2011, concert ticket prices have soared 67%, outpacing inflation by 26 points. Many argue these high prices are ultimately the result of a flawed market structure.

Resellers have always existed — but bots have made it a bloodsport. They don’t buy tickets to attend shows. They use software to instantly grab hundreds, then flip them for profit.

President Trump signed an executive order targeting ticket scalping and junk fees, directing agencies to enforce pricing transparency and anti-bot laws.

Do you support President Trump's new executive order targeting ticket scalping and junk fees?

Yes — bots ruin the fan experience.

Meh — I never buy tickets anyway.

No — resellers are part of the free market.

😱 Fear and Greed Index

Take From the Rich, Give to the People, Big Data’s Robinhood

Big tech uses our data to pad their pockets. Facebook alone makes $42B a year. But modern-day Robinhood, $MODE, allows everyone to share in the profits. 45M+ users and $60M+ in revenue later, Mode prepares for an IPO.

Invest at just $0.26/share.

Market movers

Estee Lauder faced a shareholder fraud lawsuit over China's sales practices and lost $8.7 billion in market value.
Hyundai shifted its Georgia plant from full EV to hybrid production due to weak electric vehicle demand.
A US judge rejected Johnson & Johnson’s $10 billion settlement over talc-related cancer claims, marking its third failed bankruptcy attempt.
The CFPB dropped its planned Buy Now Pay Later regulation.
Lockheed Martin won a $4.94 billion Army contract for precision missiles.
UPS laid off 244 workers and temporarily closed a Portland facility, affecting another 672 employees.

📊 Crypto

Bitcoin dropped 25% from its January peak, with BlackRock's CEO warning it could threaten the dollar's reserve status.
MicroStrategy now holds over 2% of all Bitcoin after a major purchase last week.
Hashgraph announced a private blockchain for regulated institutions, launching in Q3 2025.

🌍 Global Perspectives

🇫🇷 Marine Le Pen received a five-year ban from running for public office after a conviction for embezzling EU funds.
🇺🇦 President Zelenskiy said Russia had committed over 183,000 war crimes in Ukraine since 2022.
🇿🇼 Harare shut down as protests erupted calling for President Mnangagwa to resign.
🇺🇸 🇨🇳 The US imposed new visa restrictions on Chinese officials over Tibet access limits.