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Can I harvest a loss without breaking the wash sale rule?
Q.: In your article, Can I use tax-loss harvesting to offset my required IRA withdrawal? you wrote that when a wash sale occurs, the loss is disallowed but doesn’t necessarily go to waste. Could you explain that? — Edgar A.: I am happy to try, Edgar. People often want to harvest a loss for tax …
These 6 health-care stocks are ‘buys’ because they can thrive under either Trump or Biden
There’s plenty of uncertainty for the health-care industry and its investors. Half of U.S. states are now reporting rising coronavirus infections. And Joe Biden is beating President Trump in election polls, with the potential for Democrats taking both chambers of Congress. But even if the Democrats once again transform the U.S. health-care system, companies that …
20 technology stocks with low debt to consider owning in a down market
Mark Grant, the chief global strategist for fixed income at B. Riley FBR, is usually focused on the bond market, but he had an interesting suggestion for long-term investors that he shared with Stuart Varney on Fox Business: After quoting the adage, “You buy when there’s blood on the streets,” Grant suggested that for “appreciation …
China turns to technology to track movements of returning workers and residents
As the coronavirus outbreak appears to subside in China and economic activity picks back up, authorities are harnessing technology to track and monitor millions of returning workers, potential remaining sickness cases and residents still in quarantine. The methods help the government keep tabs on an unwieldy number of people, and allow data to be shared …
Pick up these ‘next generation’ technology stocks while they’re on sale
While insiders appear to be telling us it’s time to start buying the pullback in stocks, not everyone is convinced. “There is room for a little more freaking out,” says Kevin Landis, who manages the Firsthand Technology Opportunities Fund TEFQX, -2.99%. It’s all about the fear of the unknown. “When a panic really gets going, …
Trump’s idea on changing Social Security funding has the potential to break an impasse on much-needed reforms
President Trump has proposed a dramatic change to how Social Security is financed. But Trump’s controversial proposal to fund Social Security with income taxes rather than payroll taxes opens the door to reforms that both Democrats and Republicans might support. On Aug. 8, President Trump issued an executive order that would temporarily defer the collection …