Investments & Taxes

Capital gains and tax strategies for your investments.

October 3, 2001

INVESTMENTS & TAXES

Year's Market Losses Can Provide Tax Relief

Forget capital gains. This year, most investors have losses, and lots of them.

Investments & Taxes

How to Mimimize the Pain of a Fund's Capital Gains Distribution

Sometimes, your timing is bad and you buy a mutual fund near a peak.

Investments & Taxes

New Alternative Funds are Tax-Friendly

How do you get around the hassle of annual mutual fund capital-gains distributions?

Investments & Taxes

Be Stingy With Uncle Sam: Turn Losses Into Tax Savings

Investors usually wait until at least November for year-end tax planning. But given the volatility of recent market, financial planners say it should be a year-round effort.

Investments & Taxes

4 Methods to Madness of Figuring Gains, Losses

Maybe you were invested in a red-hot fund last year. You know, one of those funds that returned more than 100%.

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