🛡️ 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.

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

Now Arta has made it more accessible.

Who's this for?

• High earners in high-tax states

• Investors allocating to alts with tax drag

• Qualified Purchasers (≥$5m in investable assets)

• Families thinking about multi-generational wealth

Learn more

• Read our ​deep dive on PPLI​

• Attend one of their live info sessions in April and May

• Express interest below 👇

This issue is sponsored by Arta Finance Wealth Management LLC. Alts.co is not a client of Arta and has been provided cash compensation for the endorsement. The opinions expressed are based on the author’s knowledge of Arta’s services and are not indicative of future results. This issue is for informational purposes only and should not be considered investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell any particular security.

📰 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

 📊 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.

😱 Fear and Greed Index

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.

🎤 What you said last time

“I use a mix of Google and ChatGPT for things I used to solely Google. I find asking the LLM gets me the answer I was looking for faster.”

📺 What to watch today