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You can't sell shares you got ten years ago and not the ones you got yesterday.

• harryh 7y ago
  You can actually. If you own shares in a company with different purchase dates you can designate which ones you are selling. There can be tax reasons to choose one batch or another.
  • C1sc0cat 7y ago
    I was referring to the previous comment which implies that Tim was selling his most recent shares and not his oldest. Sorry if it wasn't clear I must remember to write for ESL NH users.
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    • wheelerwj 7y ago
      I'm a native English speaker and I still have no idea what you were trying to say. > You can't sell shares you got ten years ago and not the ones you got yesterday. What do you mean?
• kasey_junk 7y ago
  Of course you can. Its a normal tax mitigation strategy.