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1. "Some don't allow trading within tax-favored retirement accounts such as IRA"

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Sat Apr 17, 2021, 12:36 PM

Apr 2021

Incredible!!!!!!!! The thing I like most about IRAs besides the long-term tax benefits, is that one can reallocate between stocks and bonds without having to pay capital gains taxes. There's no tax penalty to buying or selling WITHIN an IRA.

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"Some don't allow trading within tax-favored retirement accounts such as IRA" progree Apr 2021 #1

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I don't find specific lot identification easy even with the big-name brokerages (Vanguard, Fidelity, progree Apr 2021 #3

I used it in the 90s, before everything was automated question everything Apr 2021 #4

That's good to hear -- I also have a spreadsheet with all the lots and what I paid for them progree Apr 2021 #5

OMG! Investors are having to pay taxes on their profits? The horror! Midnight Writer Apr 2021 #6

Watch your cost basis. Bristlecone Apr 2021 #7