@CC8899 you don't need to worry
about small capital gains of # 100 or so unless you have exceeded your # 11,100 CGT allowance
The Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 (VFIFX), for example, has made
small capital gains distributions in several years since its inception in 2006, often amounting to just a couple pennies per share or less.
Thinking it over it does seem increasingly likely that this would be
a small capital gain.
Yes, I'm limiting my potential upside (if Lowe's shares climb to $ 80, for example, I'll still be forced to sell at «just» $ 74.50)... but that would still generate
a small capital gain for me... AND I'm generating immediate income in the process.
Until recently, I thought they were taxed the same as stocks, but I recently purchased a gold ETF (IAU) and have to pay
a small capital gains tax even though...
Anyway,
the smallest capital gain they cleared on that trade was 10 %, and in bond terms, those were home runs.
On thursday the 17th of May I decided to let go of my Sanofi shares, I collected the yearly payout and got
a small capital gain.