Big Stock Losses Weighing You Down? Seek Love and Gains

Couples who plan together may not stay together. But at least for a while, they can save together.

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This reminder to assess your portfolio’s tax-loss harvesting opportunities before the year-end deadline is brought to you by a marriage proposal.

“Looking to marry someone with $1m+ of short-term capital gains,” goes the betrothal, in the form of an anonymous post on Reddit that made the rounds this month. “I (unfortunately) lost a bunch of money this year with some risky gambles and have ~$1.2m of context of capital losses. I would like to marry someone with very large ($1m+) short-term capital gains and split the difference on the tax savings.”