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Personal Finance and Investing

rhett o rick

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4. Thank you for your response. And it's starting to get thru my thick head. The fact that

Reply to A HERETIC I AM (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 12:32 PM

Apr 2016

it doesn't seem right doesn't mean it isn't right. The bottom line is my mutual funds modest increases are misleading because I do have dividend reinvestment. When I subtract the tax I pay from the modest gain, I am losing money.

One clarification. If a fund sells a stock for a profit and sells another for a similar loss, don't those balance out?

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Capital Gains Distributions from mutual funds. Seems like getting taxed for the [View all] rhett o rick Apr 2016 OP

How do you figure? (Edited for clarity) A HERETIC I AM Apr 2016 #1

Thanks for responding. I did a bad job of presenting my question. rhett o rick Apr 2016 #2

OK...I'll be careful here! (Edited to correct a screw up!!) A HERETIC I AM Apr 2016 #3

Thank you for your response. And it's starting to get thru my thick head. The fact that rhett o rick Apr 2016 #4

The answer to your question is yes A HERETIC I AM Apr 2016 #5