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To: nihil who wrote (13090)12/25/1998 8:47:00 AM
From: Labrador  Respond to of 13594
 
what is the point re S&P futures? these are cash-settled options, taxable at maturity. with an index fund, no tax until you sell the fund. little in the way of capital gains, since the funds rarely sell, and dividend yield nominal. an S&P fund is much different (similar to a variable annuity) when contrasted with S&P futures.



To: nihil who wrote (13090)12/25/1998 2:55:00 PM
From: StockMarketMaven  Respond to of 13594
 
But there are S & P Mutual funds out there which hold stock
as a means to track the S & P 500 so they will HAVE to buy
AOL stock by or on Jan. 1 to maintain its correlation with the index.

>re: S&P funds have to buy AOL
>
>Anyone can buy S&P futures (which settle for cash) and need not buy >any S&P stocks to run "an S&P index fund."


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