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jerome99
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"When rebalancing within taxable accounts, consider selling assets at a loss or minimal bain to minimize tax impact"

Should much focus be on the above. Seems like good logic, just unsure exactly how and when to execute.

Thanks!
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jerome99 wrote:"When rebalancing within taxable accounts, consider selling assets at a loss or minimal bain to minimize tax impact"

Should much focus be on the above. Seems like good logic, just unsure exactly how and when to execute.

Thanks!
Sounds like good advice, especially if they meant minimal GAIN. Bain Capital is where Romney was CEO.

Read about Tax Loss Harvesting in the wiki for more info.
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jerome99 wrote:... unsure exactly how and when to execute.
You execute it when you need the money. The how is to look at all your investments and see which ones will realize the greatest losses. That doesn't mean those are always the ones to sell, just that the tax consequences are one (oftentimes important) thing to take into consideration.

Note that re-balancing to maintain an AA will tend to do just the opposite -- selling high -- causing adverse tax consequences.

Another "when" is if there is a major downturn in the market. In this case you may want to sell one asset and replace it with another different, but similar, asset. Perhaps you would sell several "slices" (mid cap, small cap, REIT, etc.) and buy TSM. Another example: you could sell stock and bond funds and buy a balanced fund. These are "sell low, buy low" transactions that are break-even trades except for the favorable tax treatment. I did this inadvertently near the 2009 bottom when I switched from a big pile of miscellaneous stocks and funds a "Wealth Manager" put me into and greatly simplified my portfolio. This is a form of market timing which is hard to do, but I was lucky.
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jerome99 wrote:"When rebalancing within taxable accounts, consider selling assets at a loss or minimal bain to minimize tax impact"

Should much focus be on the above. Seems like good logic, just unsure exactly how and when to execute.

Thanks!
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grok87 wrote:
jerome99 wrote:"When rebalancing within taxable accounts, consider selling assets at a loss or minimal bain to minimize tax impact"

Should much focus be on the above. Seems like good logic, just unsure exactly how and when to execute.

Thanks!
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danwhite77 wrote:
grok87 wrote:
jerome99 wrote:"When rebalancing within taxable accounts, consider selling assets at a loss or minimal bain to minimize tax impact"

Should much focus be on the above. Seems like good logic, just unsure exactly how and when to execute.

Thanks!
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danwhite77 wrote:
grok87 wrote:How can I sign up for these tweets?
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