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Technology Stocks : SDL, Inc. [Nasdaq: SDLI] -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jerry Miller who wrote (3312)	10/26/2000 1:27:18 AM
From: Gerald Walls	Respond to of 3951

it's not a loss until you sell. Yes, it is. The only place it isn't a loss until you sell is on your tax return. An unrealized loss is still a loss. If someone bought gold at $700 (now $270) and never sold, do they have a loss? If a company bought inventory that has declined in value 80% and they haven't sold it, do they have a loss? If someone bought YHOO at 250 (now 55) and never sold, do they have a loss? If someone bought PCLN at 104 (now 5-1/4) and never sold, do they have a loss? If someone bought KOOP at 19 (now 7/8) and never sold, do they have a loss? If someone bought ICGE at 212 (now 12-3/4) and never sold, do they have a loss? If someone bought VUSA at 50 (now bankrupt) and never sold, do they have a loss? What if they sold and 31 days later bought any of those stocks back at the same price or lower, do they have a loss? If someone bought CSCO in 1997 for a split adjusted 8 (now 51) and never sold, do they have a profit?