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From: peters@cubsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.invest
Subject: Re: Risky investmests under an IRA
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Date: Mon, 2-Apr-84 12:26:40 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr  2 12:26:40 1984
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Not only wouldn't one be able to write off losses incurred via high-risk
investments in an IRA until one was in a lower tax bracket;  in addition,
one would even then qualify only for long-term loss, which is far
less advantageous than short-term.

{philabs,cmcl2!rocky2}!cubsvax!peters            Peter S. Shenkin 
Dept of Biol. Sci.;  Columbia Univ.;  New York, N. Y.  10027;  212-280-5517