Comments on: Dow 6547 – One Year Later http://financialawakenings.com/investment-updates/dow-6547-one-year-later Financial insight on the exterior and interior aspects of money and finance. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:31:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rick Kahler http://financialawakenings.com/investment-updates/dow-6547-one-year-later/comment-page-1#comment-17525 Rick Kahler Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:27:02 +0000 http://financialawakenings.com/?p=3137#comment-17525 Good point. Some investors who sold last year in March did so very intentionally and actually increased their gains, as you point out. Investors who tax harvested a year ago by selling securities that had declined (thus locking in the tax loss) and then immediately repurchased similar securities(not the exact one)really got the best of all worlds: they maintained their positions and locked in losses that can be carried forward to offset future gains. Good point. Some investors who sold last year in March did so very intentionally and actually increased their gains, as you point out.

Investors who tax harvested a year ago by selling securities that had declined (thus locking in the tax loss) and then immediately repurchased similar securities(not the exact one)really got the best of all worlds: they maintained their positions and locked in losses that can be carried forward to offset future gains.

]]> By: Bob Biernbaum http://financialawakenings.com/investment-updates/dow-6547-one-year-later/comment-page-1#comment-17524 Bob Biernbaum Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:46:13 +0000 http://financialawakenings.com/?p=3137#comment-17524 Ah, but what about the investors that sold in March, locked in their losses then immediately repurchased like equities and reaped the gains. Thank you sir!!! Ah, but what about the investors that sold in March, locked in their losses then immediately repurchased like equities and reaped the gains. Thank you sir!!!

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