The nice thing
about unrealized gains is that your investment grows in value and no taxes are due until you sell.
Not exact matches
I think the company was clear
about options and the potential for
unrealized gain.
Our portfolios combined also had an
unrealized loss of
about 37 % in 2008 and
gained back
about 31 % of it the following year.
These
unrealized capital
gains account for a significant proportion of the assets held by estates — ranging from 32 percent for estates worth between $ 5 million and $ 10 million to as much as
about 55 percent of the value of estates worth more than $ 100 million (Source).
Regardless, no one at AIG had much to say
about mark - to - market accounting in 2005 - 2007, when they had billions of dollars in
unrealized gains from their sundry portfolios.
I received a little flyer with my annual statement explaining
about the realized and
unrealized gains, as well as the target investment returns of 6 - 7 %, without including the Group Plan Bonus and Foundation top - up.
Of our $ 246 million of realized and
unrealized gain,
about $ 118 million is attributable to the fall in the dollar.
Since we are discussing stops for profitable trades, we do not have to worry
about losing money, just losing some or all of your
unrealized gain.