gains

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Millions of investors are sitting on big gains in concentrated stockholdings, be they shares of Magnificent Seven tech giants, plain-vanilla index funds or employee shares of hot tech companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Trusts face top income tax rates of 37% and capital gains rates of 20% at much lower income thresholds.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

The losses they generate are often used to offset gains in other areas of the portfolio.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

If you think the U.S. stock market’s recent rally “borrowed” some of the gains that otherwise would have been produced this summer, history is reassuring.

From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026

After workers made gains in the mid-twentieth century, American labor unions lost strength.

From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell