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Old 11-07-08, 09:40   #13 (permalink)
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Re: Obama threatened capital gains increase

If you have a long term capital gain in a particular stock, aren't you more likely to sell and take your profits now rather than take them next year and pay possibly more than 2Xs the taxes on the gain?

Mike (thought most investors were economically rational)