Wash Sales and Your IRA
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Don't fall into a trap with your tax losses.
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With the stock market just sputtering along this year and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, it may be time to review the holdings in your 401(k) retirement account.
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The Motley Fool - When was the last time you took a critical look at the machinations of You, Inc.? How long has it been since you reviewed your entire debt load -- including credit cards, mortgage, car loans, and monthly poker game losses -- and figured out what percentage of your income you pay in interest? Did you increase your 401(k) contributions the last time you got a raise? Are you constantly looking for ways to cut costs in your daily operations? Do you think about the return on invested capital with every purchase that you make?
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Acquisitions can juice sales but can also lead to messy balance sheets. A simple test can sort them out.
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Some stocks you buy and never sell. Others you bought and wish you&#39;d sold. But there are those cyclical stocks that should be bought and sold repeatedly over the years as their prices move in time to the economy.
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Make sure your investment's revenue stream is diversified -- or you could get hurt.
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Are you getting a good deal on your investing, credit cards, banking, and more?
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Calculate your gains correctly, and you can save hundreds.
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The Motley Fool - What with all of the recent tax changes, it seems that the Roth IRA has been forgotten by a number of taxpayers. That's a shame, because the Roth IRA offers a number of advantages other than a retirement savings account.
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The Motley Fool - How much are you allowed to gain from the sale of stock before you must pay capital gains tax on it? Uncle Sam's hand is out as soon as you make your first dollar. However, you can offset some of the gain with any losses from sales of stock. So if you've made a bundle on Dell (Nasdaq: DELL - News) and have lost a bundle on Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - News), you can eke out a bit of a benefit from the loss.
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If your employer offers a 401(k) plan, sign in. Then stay in, and keep putting money away for your retirement in well-diversified investments.
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Investor's Business Daily - Insult is about to follow injury. It's bad enough that you've had to put up with a so-so year of market performance. Now you have to brace for an expected rise in stock fund capital gain distributions.
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Resist those impulses to lose money, and take advantage of stocks on sale.
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President Bush is selling private investment accounts, financed with a share of current payroll taxes, as a way to solve Social Security&#39;s long-range financing problems and benefit younger workers.
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The Internal Revenue Service has banned a year-end investment strategy used to get around the so-called wash sale rules on harvesting tax losses.
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If your grandmother played the market, she probably invested in utilities for safety and income, not capital gains. She would need to adjust her strategy today.
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Three tips to tell when to buy, and when to pass.