tomintucson
Recycles dryer sheets
Probably the only intelligent investment decision I've made this year is to do some significant tax loss harvesting. I hope to sell a piece of raw land in the near future, rolling the proceeds into what may be an undervalued market, and offsetting capital gains with this year's losses. I've almost never had capital losses, so this is new for me.
I'm planning to use the following strategy: sell all funds in taxable accounts which have suffered a capital loss, before the year-end distributions in December, and reinvest immediately into similar ETFs. In January, I will likely return to some of the mutual funds. Commissions are irrelevant when compared to the size of the losses to be harvested. Presuming that no readers see a flaw to this simple plan, and having determined through a Bogleheads link that I'm not one of the few for whom tax loss harvesting is not a good idea, I'm left with one question. Where can I go for free comparisons of mutual funds and ETFs? For example, I want to sell Vanguard Energy at a loss, and buy a similar energy ETF. Vanguard's energy ETF seems to be 100% domestic, whereas the managed Vanguard Energy mutual fund is, last I checked, 50% foreign, thus more to my liking. I refuse to pay Morningstar for this comparison service. Any ideas? I searched existing threads, but didn't find quite what I was looking for. Thanks in advance.
Tom
I'm planning to use the following strategy: sell all funds in taxable accounts which have suffered a capital loss, before the year-end distributions in December, and reinvest immediately into similar ETFs. In January, I will likely return to some of the mutual funds. Commissions are irrelevant when compared to the size of the losses to be harvested. Presuming that no readers see a flaw to this simple plan, and having determined through a Bogleheads link that I'm not one of the few for whom tax loss harvesting is not a good idea, I'm left with one question. Where can I go for free comparisons of mutual funds and ETFs? For example, I want to sell Vanguard Energy at a loss, and buy a similar energy ETF. Vanguard's energy ETF seems to be 100% domestic, whereas the managed Vanguard Energy mutual fund is, last I checked, 50% foreign, thus more to my liking. I refuse to pay Morningstar for this comparison service. Any ideas? I searched existing threads, but didn't find quite what I was looking for. Thanks in advance.
Tom