A transaction where an investor sells a losing security and purchases a similar one 30 days before or after the sale to try ...

Be aware of the wash sale rule enforced by the IRS. The rule is important for investors reassessing their market positions and looking to sell and repurchase declining stocks to offset losses.

At the beginning of this series, I mentioned briefly that taxpayers can use tax-loss harvesting approaches in tandem with a number of investment strategies, which we will go into in more detail in ...