One of these is «loss aversion», which means that people are far more sensitive to
losses than gains.
Finally, if you have more capital
losses than gains, you can use those excess losses to offset ordinary income — to an extent.
If you experienced more
losses than gains this year, you could additionally write off up to $ 3,000 of losses beyond your offsetting gains.
The rest of my later dated positions are mixed with more paper
losses than gains so far.
If you have more
losses than gains in a particular year, you can carry forward up to $ 3,000 (I think).
Overall, the stock market has never had more
losses than gains in any 25 - year period.
If you have more
losses than gains, the IRS says you can take another $ 3,000 against ordinary income, like salaries and pensions and so forth.
An international community of conservationists, scientists and sociologists needs to join the concerned citizens and researchers of Nicaragua in demanding two things: first, independent assessments of the repercussions of this mega-project; and second, that the Nicaraguan government halt the project should the assessments confirm fears that this canal will yield more
losses than gains for the region's natural resources, indigenous communities and biodiversity.
As Politico reports, Trump rejected Cohn's arguments that tariffs would produce more job
losses than gains during an Oval Office meeting earlier in the year.
In fact, the only month with more
losses than gains is September, which has had 49 down years compared to 39 up.
Overall, the stock market has never had more
losses than gains in any 25 - year period.
To abandon God the Father in our doxologies in favor of God the Creator feels more like
loss than gain to me.
And if we compare the condition of the poor in urban slums with that of the poor on subsistence farms, my own judgment is that there is more
loss than gain.
Now some authors, like Principal H. D. A. Major in his recent joint work, The Mission and Message of Jesus, (1938), holds this analysis of the tradition to be more
loss than gain.
So, to overgeneralize incautiously, weight is more strongly defended against
loss than gain.
In the buy and hold portion of my portfolio (half each in equities and fixed income) I totally ignore all the bad news as it would create anxiety to be sitting on a bunch of stocks when the evidence indicates there is a greater risk of
loss than gain.
Points that fall above the dotted line (ratio = 1) represent countries that have more
loss than gain between 2001 and 2012, whereas points that fall below the line represent the opposite — countries that have more gain than loss within the same time period.
Not exact matches
Companies seem to be increasingly offering insurance on all manner of things in part because of something known as
loss aversion, which is when people feel a more psychological impact from a
loss than from a similar - sized dollar
gain.
The theory of the Hedonic Treadmill applies and when the negative feelings came forth, just as the theory suggests, it was felt times two because, as humans, we always feel
loss more
than we feel
gain.
Sure, those who feel they have been hurt by free trade agreements are probably more motivated by their
losses than the benefactors of free trade are motivated by their
gains.
We all tend to strongly prefer to avoid a
loss rather
than to acquire a
gain.
Then there's the fact that the State of Iowa and city of Davenport are planning to incentivize Kraft Heinz to the tune of approximately $ 32,000 per worker over the next 15 years to locate the new factory there — despite the fact that there is a net job
LOSS, not
gain, of more
than 800 workers.
Companies seem to be increasingly offering insurance on all manner of things in part because of something known as
loss aversion, which is when people feel more psychological impact from a
loss than from a similar - sized dollar
gain.
Kevin Hogan, author of The Science of Influence, explains that «most people react to the fear of
loss and the threat of pain in a much more profound way
than they do for
gain.»
U.S. stock indexes suffered their biggest
losses in 3 months Monday, having finished 2014 on a fairly strong note, with the Dow
gaining 7.5 % on the year, while the S&P 500 improved by almost 12 %, and the Nasdaq
gained more
than 13 %.
Many investors are searching for a quick 10 percent
gain, but more often
than not they are confronted with huge
losses.
Fewer
than 100 of 250,000 federal tax returns prepared and filed so far this year through the company have filed a Form 8949 for cryptocurrency
gains and
losses, Credit Karma said Tuesday.
Large or small, high tech or low, a business's uncertainties are real, and
losses are more likely
than gains.
Correction: Less
than 0.04 percent of federal tax returns prepared and filed so far this year through Credit Karma have filed a Form 8949 for cryptocurrency
gains and
losses.
The study, titled «Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk,» found that
loss aversion «expresses the intuition that a
loss of $ X is more aversive
than a
gain of $ X is attractive... for example, most respondents in a sample of undergraduates refused to stake $ 10 on the toss of a coin if they stood to win less
than $ 30.»
And would the
gain in DirectTV's profits be greater
than the
loss in licensing revenue that AT&T would suffer if it walked away from the bargaining table without a deal.
When the market drops and some of your stocks are worth less
than you originally paid, you can sell them and buy a similar (but not identical) fund, and this
loss can be used to offset capital
gains on other holdings — or even reduce your regular income taxes.
Signs that the group is moving ahead with its strategy and better -
than - expected trading in China and Brazil put the shares on course for their best single
gain ever and mean the stock has regained the
losses it incurred when Sorrell stepped down.
A 2010 review of research backed this up, adding that people with rapid weight
loss early on were not more likely to
gain back the pounds
than people who lost weight gradually.
And if you're trimming a holding rather
than dumping the whole thing, sell the shares that had cost the most, to minimize taxable
gains or to book a
loss that can offset other
gains or reduce your taxable income.
Across Canada, the number of people with jobs fell by 20,000 in April as
gains in full - time work were more
than offset by
losses in part time.
You can see that through the reduced volatility of returns that you can expect much smaller
losses and
gains over time
than stocks.
A
loss always appears larger
than a
gain of equal size — when it goes deep into our pockets, the value of money changes.
People tend to view the possibility of recouping a
loss as more important
than the possibility of greater
gain.
Though historically there have been more
gains than losses in October, there's no foolproof way of accurately predicting how the market will perform at any given time.
Individuals are more stressed by prospective
losses than they are happy from equal
gains.
Prospect theory also explains why investors hold onto losing stocks: people often take more risks to avoid
losses than to realize
gains.
U.S. stocks extended their recovery on Monday, with the major averages more
than halving their recent correction
losses on broad
gains in virtually every sector.
This hypothetical illustration assumes the investor met the holding requirement for long - term capital
gains tax rates (longer
than one year), the
gains were taxed at the current maximum federal rate of 23.8 %, and the
loss was not disallowed for tax purposes due to a wash sale, related party sale, or other reason.
The term «net capital
gain» means the amount by which your net long - term capital
gain for the year is more
than your net short - term capital
loss.
A
gain or
loss is deemed long term for an asset held for longer
than one year.
Gold historically has fallen on better -
than - expected jobs reports, but I was happy to see that it actually
gained on Friday after eight days of
losses.
Whether the stock rises or falls, often you will end up better (reduced
loss, or small
gain), or with a similar
loss than if you had not implement the Option Repair strategy.
Often charging much lower fees
than human advisers, robo - advisers can offer valuable services, including automatic portfolio rebalancing and tax -
loss harvesting (selling securities that have experienced a
loss to offset taxes on both
gains and income).
Because of U.S. trade intervention, in other words, U.S. jobs
gains in industries competing with Mexico would be more
than offset by U.S. jobs
losses as a larger overall American trade deficit undermined other American industries.