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Why I'm Selling My Stocks

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Tax loss harvesting can be used to offset capital gains taxes by selling losing stocks.
"tax loss harvesting is a strategy that allows you to sell stocks that have lost money to offset the tax you would owe on the stocks that have made money"
Tax Loss Harvesting
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The wash sale rule prohibits repurchasing the same stock within 30 days of selling it for a loss to claim the tax benefit.
"the most well-known rule is What's called the wash sale this is what happens when you sell a stock for a loss use that loss to offset a tax and then you go and immediately buy back in that exact same stock that you sold within a 30-day window the IRS does not allow that"
Wash Sale Rule
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Selling stocks at a loss can completely offset taxes owed on stocks sold at a profit.
"you could offset those taxes entirely by selling another stock for a loss and if you do this correctly you could wipe out all of the taxes you otherwise would have had to pay"
Capital Gains Tax Offset
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Investment losses exceeding profits can be deducted up to $3,000 from ordinary income annually, with the remainder carried over to future years.
"if you have more losses than you do profits then congratulations you're able to deduct that off your ordinary income up to three thousand dollars a year with the rest being deducted from future years"
Deducting Investment Losses
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The speaker believes index funds are outperforming their individual stock picks, referencing this as a 'stock picking monkey' losing to the monkey.
"I'm still holding on to a small basket of stocks to see if I could outperform a stock picking monkey and so far the monkey is winning"
Individual Stock Performance
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