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May 24, 2010

If a company is being shorted against the box what does that mean?

Filed under: Investing — admin @ 9:02 pm

yodah20 asked:


I heard that one company can buy a lot of shares in another company and then short the other companies stock to drive down the price of their and everyone else’s shares so that they can buy even more stock at a lower price. Is this a form of hostile take over? I know if they short a stock they own then they lose and make no money but if they short then buy and let the stock rise back up to a reasonable price they will make a lot of money…is that how this works? How long of a process would this take?

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May 17, 2010

Long term capital gains rate for Nebraska?

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 7:00 pm

nebkidomaha asked:


Can anyone tell me at what rate Nebraska state taxes long-term capital gains. This is for stock that has been held in excess of one year.

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May 11, 2010

How does the wash-sale rule apply towards debit spreads’ trading?

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 7:24 am

malivo asked:


I understand the implications with the wash-sale rule with stock and option’s trading, but it is interesting to see how it works with debit spreads, where for example you buy one 50 December call of *** and in the same time sell one 55 December call of ***.

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May 8, 2010

Does the IRS wash sale rule apply to gains as well as losses?

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 5:53 am

Steve K asked:


I have found several references to the wash sale rule expressed in terms of a caution against rebuying a stock within 30 days if you have a loss on a stock sale that you wish to deduct.

My question relates to the case where you have taken a gain on a stock sale. Does the wash sale rule still apply. If I rebuy the same security within 30 days, can I avoid taking the capital gain on the previous profitable sale?

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