A capital loss occurs when you sell a capital asset for less than you bought it. It's never fun to lose money on an investment, but declaring a capital loss on your tax return can be an effective ...

Losing money inside your brokerage or retirement account may hurt—but it doesn’t necessarily mean a loss for federal tax purposes. The rules for determining a capital gain or capital loss depend on ...

A long-term capital loss refers to money that you lose on investments held for more than 12 months. The alternative is a short-term capital loss, money lost on investments that you held for less than ...

Our initial response to your question deals with what are termed rhetoric losses versus real losses. Rhetoric losses are paper losses (i.e., total capital asset holdings drop in value). Real losses ...

Losing money in the stock market stings, but capital losses don't have to be all bad news for your finances. A tax rule known as the capital loss carryover offers a major long-term tax break investors ...