gains
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At the end of each year, some investors will decide to sell some of their stocks at a loss to offset other gains booked during the year and ease their capital-gains-tax burdens.
From MarketWatch
The largest gains are in the Netherlands, where semiconductor companies climb sharply.
These moving-average crossovers aren’t necessarily meant to be market-timing signals, given how telegraphed they are, but can act as an acknowledgment of how recent gains have been sustained long enough to impact the long-term outlook.
From MarketWatch
The major indexes flipped between gains and losses all morning.
From Barron's
The gains Friday followed a rough New Year’s Eve for tech stocks.
From Barron's
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