drawback
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The key drawback to the strategy is that selling the stock incurs a capital gain, and few investors like paying capital-gains taxes, even if it makes sense from a risk-management perspective.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
One drawback of Wales' enterprising style under Bellamy is the way in which it can leave them defensively vulnerable.
From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026
“A potentially serious drawback to a joint will is that once one of the spouses dies, the other can’t make changes to it, no matter how necessary,” she adds.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 23, 2026
Those measures have the virtue of simplicity — they’re only three pages long — but the drawback, also, of simplicity.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2026
Swidden, Meggers admitted, has a major drawback: it cannot yield enough to support a complex society.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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