Indirect Financial Market Participation via Pension Funds

A government official proposes a new tax that only applies to profits made from the direct buying and selling of individual company stocks and corporate bonds. The official claims this policy will be a major source of new tax revenue collected from the 'typical household'. Based on common patterns of household financial engagement, which of the following is the most accurate evaluation of this claim?

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In most high-income countries, the primary method through which the majority of households accumulate wealth is by directly buying and selling individual corporate stocks and bonds on financial exchanges.

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