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- From: rlcarr@animato.network23.com (Rich Carreiro)
- Newsgroups: misc.invest
- Subject: Re: Mutual Fund Basis and Distributions
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- References: <1993Jan18.173228.20525@netcom.com> <1993Jan19.101519.62871@cc.usu.edu>
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- Date: 21 Jan 93 08:23:32 EST
- Organization: The Other Side of Life
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- In article <1993Jan19.101519.62871@cc.usu.edu> fajack@cc.usu.edu writes:
- > In article <1993Jan18.173228.20525@netcom.com>, cli@netcom.com (Concurrent Logic Inc) writes:
- > >
- >
- > I have one question regarding capital distribution. We know that the
- > capital gains is distributed during year end. Does it make any different if
- > you buy the shares of the fund earlier in the year or later in the year ? The
- > person who bought share earlier should get more capital gains, right ?
-
- Nope!
- This is why it's generally a good idea to buy in AFTER the fund goes
- ex-distribution, so that you don't suddenly have a big tax liability
- on shares you only owned for a few days.
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