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Topic: investing

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Personal Finance

Monday, 7/20, 10:18 PM

The wash-sale rule: why your tax loss can vanish, for a while

Sell a stock at a loss and rebuy it within 30 days and the IRS will not let you deduct the loss that year.
The loss is not destroyed, it is deferred into the cost of the new shares.
Understanding that one mechanic clears up most of the confusion around the rule.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters building in Washington, DC

Personal Finance 31 d

What a fund expense ratio costs you over thirty years

Traders at work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Personal Finance 31 d

Sequence-of-returns risk: why the order of your returns decides your retirement

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Personal Finance 35 d

What Buffer ETFs Actually Do, and What They Cost

Markets 41 d

New 'Elon-Free' ETFs Let Investors Screen Out Tesla and SpaceX
Personal Finance 41 d

Why the First $100,000 Is the Hardest to Save
Personal Finance 46 d

Should Fully-Funded Retirees Invest Like 30-Year-Olds?
Personal Finance 51 d

How FIRE Actually Works: The Math Behind Retiring Early
Personal Finance 52 d

Safe-Haven Assets, Explained: What Rallies When Markets Get Scared
Personal Finance 52 d

Why Thematic ETFs Make Many Investors Nervous

The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange

Personal Finance 52 d

The Dividend Yield Trap: Why a Sky-High Payout Can Be a Warning

An eye-catching dividend yield looks like free income — but an unusually high one is often a warning, not a windfall.
Here's how the 'yield trap' works, why a fat payout can vanish, and what to check before you chase it.

US one hundred dollar bills

Personal Finance 52 d

IRAs Now Hold More Than 401(k)s — but Rolled-Over Cash Often Sits Idle

A close-up of a computer graphics processing unit (GPU)

Companies 54 d

Steve Eisman Says Investors Are Buying the Wrong AI Stocks

A piggy bank beside stacks of coins

Personal Finance 54 d

What Is Dollar-Cost Averaging, and When Does It Actually Help?

A stock exchange trading room

Markets 54 d

What Is Market Capitalization, and Why Does It Matter?

In brief

Markets 54 d

What Is an Index Fund, and What Is the S&P 500?
Personal Finance 54 d

How Capital Gains Taxes Work in the US
Markets 54 d

Bear Market, Correction, Crash: What Each Term Actually Means
Markets 55 d

What Is the VIX, the Stock Market's 'Fear Gauge'?
Markets 55 d

What Is an IPO? How a Private Company Goes Public
Markets 55 d

Short Selling and Short Squeezes, Explained

Personal Finance 55 d

How a 401(k) Works: A Plain-English Guide to the Workplace Retirement Plan
Personal Finance 55 d

How Compound Interest Works, and Why Starting Early Beats Saving More
Personal Finance 55 d

What Is a Bond, and Why Do Prices and Yields Move in Opposite Directions?
Personal Finance 55 d

Dollar-Cost Averaging: How It Works and When It Makes Sense
Personal Finance 55 d

ETFs vs. Mutual Funds: What's the Difference and How to Choose
Personal Finance 56 d

Retirees Are Holding More Stocks Than Ever. Here's What That Means

In brief

Tech 57 d

How Venture Investors Are Pricing AI When the Cycle Moves Too Fast

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