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To: ted w. kentzel who wrote (1178)	12/4/1997 12:24:00 AM
From: posthumousone	Respond to of 1618

i am new to stocks and am wonderign if anyone has a spreadsheet design or rule of thumb for when to sell a stock if: you like the stock you think you can sell the stock now and buy it back later at a lower price How much lower does the stock have to go to make sense when you take into account taxes???? What are the variables that cant be measured (or can they)? -stress -missed income (stock never drifts back on continues to go up) -amount of money could have made elsewhere (ie benchmark treasury bill) -actual length of time you hold stock (ie. you bought 1000 shares at $10, sell at $12, the stock never drifts back so you buy again a 1000 shares at $12-----in this case you would have lost 8% (28%-20%) if a year later it is still $12 and you sell for a long term gain) any ideas