Tax-Loss Selling

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Tax-Loss Selling

The act or practice of selling stock or other securities at a loss in order to offset gains from other investment or income. In the United States, one is able to reduce one's taxable income by the amount one has lost in investing. Therefore, it is common to sell securities that have declined anyway at the end of the year and thereby reduce one's tax liability.

tax-loss selling

The sale of securities that have declined in value in order to realize losses that may be used to reduce taxable income. Tax-loss selling occurs near the end of a calendar year so that the loss can be used in that tax year to offset ordinary income or gains on other security transactions. Thus, tax-loss selling occurs mainly among stock that has declined in price. Compare tax selling.

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Tax Selling			Between booking profits (to bump up bonuses), a very long and very tired liquidity-induced rally rolling over, tax-loss selling the last week of October and tax avoidance selling, the stars were finally all aligned to give long suffering bears a decent week. Got Gold Report: Gold, silver futures in backwardation by Gene Arensberg / Stockhouse Looking ahead to next week, trading activity should lighten up as many on Wall Street begin to take extended year-end holiday vacations," he said citing possible cessation of selling pressure from year-end tax-loss selling and hedge fund redemptions. US stocks pause ahead of holidays by AFP / AFP American Edition Another way to reduce taxes is to do some tax-loss selling to offset any potential capital gains. Midyear investment strategies: savvy investors monitor their ... by Polyak, Ilana / Black Enterprise			Tax-Deductible Tax-Deductible Interest Tax-Deferred Account Tax-Deferred Annuity Tax-Deferred Contribution tax-deferred exchange Tax-Deferred Income Tax-Deferred Retirement Plan Tax-Deferred Retirement Plans Tax-Efficient Fund Tax-Efficient Funds Tax-Equivalent Income Tax-Equivalent Yield Tax-Exempt Bond Tax-Exempt Commercial Paper Tax-Exempt Income Tax-Exempt Income Fund Tax-Exempt Interest Tax-Exempt Money Market Fund Tax-Exempt Property Tax-Exempt Sector Tax-Exempt Security tax-free exchange Tax-Free Income Tax-Free Investment Tax-Loss Selling Tax-Managed Mutual Fund Tax-neutrality Tax-Sheltered Annuity Tax-Sheltered Income Tax-Timing Option Taxa de cambio Taxa de cambio de equilibrio Taxa de cambio efetiva Taxa de inflacao Taxa de juro do cupom Taxa de juros Taxa de redesconto Taxa dos fundos federais Taxa interbancaria Taxa interna de retorno Taxable Acquisition Taxable Bond Taxable Equivalent Yield Taxable Estate Taxable Event Taxable Gain taxable income Taxable Municipal Bond Taxable Person Taxable Security			Tax-exempt security Tax-exempt status Tax-exempt status Tax-exempt status Tax-farmer tax-free tax-free Tax-Free Acquisition Tax-Free Acquisitions tax-free exchange Tax-Free Exchanges tax-free income Tax-Free Income Minimum Tax-Free Incomes Tax-Free Investment Tax-Free Investments Tax-Free Money Market Fund Tax-Free Money Market Funds Tax-Free Money Mutual Fund Tax-Free Money Mutual Funds Tax-Free Savings Account Tax-Free Savings Plan Tax-haven Tax-haven Tax-haven Tax-inclusive Tax-inclusive Tax-inclusive Tax-inclusive tax-increase Tax-Loss Selling tax-managed mutual fund Tax-Managed Mutual Funds Tax-neutrality Tax-paid Tax-paid Tax-paid Tax-paid Tax-Qualified Tax-Qualified Tax-Qualified Tax-Qualified Tax-Qualified Pension Plans Tax-Qualified Plan Tax-Qualified Plans Tax-Qualifying Plan Tax-Qualifying Plans Tax-Related Stress Syndrome Tax-Responsible Payment Processing Firm Tax-Responsive Element 1 tax-sheltered tax-sheltered tax-sheltered Tax-Sheltered Annuities Tax-sheltered annuity Tax-sheltered annuity Tax-sheltered annuity tax-sheltered income Tax-Sheltered Incomes Tax-timing option Tax-Timing Options

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