• should I take long term gain to offset too large short term loss

    From MZB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Nov 12 10:07:46 2018
    Say I have realized $20K in short term losses.
    Say I have $10K in long term gain, unrealized.

    I would like to have about $10K in short term losses.
    Should I use the $10K in long term gains to do the offset, or am I
    missing some tax advantages by doing this (I am in the 20%-28% tax bracket)

    Mel

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