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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (4584)	4/13/1998 12:02:00 AM
From: michael meyers	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 42834

Skeeter, I don't think it works this way. My understand, after discussing with others, and reading carefully the rules, is that the 30 day "wash rule" period applies to both before and after the sale date. Regards, Michael

To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (4584)	4/13/1998 9:14:00 PM
From: James F. Hopkins	Respond to of 42834

Skeeter; I been doing this for 3 years, but didn't have the words to explain it. While people said I was nuts for doubling down on my losers. If the fundamentals hasn't changed on the stock, and your just going to hold, why not double down. It drops your average and later if you then sell half it's the half you bought at the higher price. This even if it don't give you a tax write off reduces the taxes untill you exit the other half, which you hope not to do untill your in a lower bracket. I didn't really come up with it my tax man did. Jim