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I don't think this factors in the cost of selling and buying all your stocks twice a year.
by brey 11y ago
I don't think this factors in the cost of selling and buying all your stocks twice a year.
- tjradcliffe 11y agoGiven it's an analysis of the S&P500 you just buy/sell SPY and follow the index. Not that I recommend that, for reasons other people here have pointed out.
- ketralnis 11y agoTo ignore taxes and to assume that you're only holding an S&P500 index, it's 2yearsfee (let's say $10 * 2 * 20==$400). Kind of insignificant. To not ignore taxes though it becomes more clear. If you literally sell every May, you're never holding for more than a year. In the US at least you're always paying short term capitol gains. This is the real killer here.