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It's the exact same rate once you sell.
by valuearb 10y ago
It's the exact same rate once you sell.
- slg 10y agoSure, but you dictate when you sell and must take the dividend whenever it is offered. It is always easier to plan for something you trigger manually rather than something forced upon you.
- jdmichal 10y agoAt the cost of having none of that money in your pocket until you sell.
- stouset 10y ago…which you could just do immediately if it's that big a deal. This is not a choice made for retail investors who hold a handful of shares — it won't make a noticeable difference for that class of investor either way. It does, however, make a huge difference for institutional investors and for large shareholders.
- Fomite 10y agoOnly if you believe that the capital gains rate will not be different when you sell. Personally, I prefer dividends rather than buybacks from Apple.
- stouset 10y agoThen sell shares in an proportionate amount to the share price increase due to buyback. It's the same either way, you just have the choice of whether to realize those gains now or later.
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