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This article discusses the 2025 and 2026 short-term and long-term capital gains tax rates.

Losing money inside your brokerage or retirement account may hurt—but it doesn’t necessarily mean a loss for federal tax purposes. The rules for determining a capital gain or capital loss depend on ...

When you sell stocks, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or other equity investments for more than you paid, the profit is ...

Capital gains taxes are levied on the profits from selling assets such as stocks, bonds, real estate or other investments. When you sell an asset for more than you paid for it, the difference between ...

If mutual funds sold securities and realized gains, those gains need to be distributed to shareholders of record. Those distributions usually occur in November and December. It’s hard to estimate how ...

Increasing the capital gains tax rate could significantly impact investor behavior and long-term investment strategies. A larger tax on investment gains could affect large corporations as well as the ...

Investors who sell an investment at a profit in a taxable account incur a capital gain that they must report on their tax returns. For investments held longer than one year, the long-term capital ...