Risk of Sitting on Large (Long Term) Cap Gains?

[thefist]

I can't speak for anyone else but I doubt I'm the only one who's more than a little obsessive with tax management. I try to keep that apart from my spending habits though. If I can/need to/want to spend more, I will, and deal with that revised tax situation as best I can. As I think about the tax cost if/when I do sell some of those high CG shares, it's really not that bad.

Well, one piece of retirement advice given is to keep the mind engaged, and tax management certainly does that! Helping others with it is "giving back", is it not? Another box checked.
Life is often easier when you learn the rules.