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		gfodor on March 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stock Futures Were Halted Sunday Night After 5% Dr... What’s the point? Instead of spending money on stocks and puts against the same stocks (which costs money), why not just allocate less to stocks in the first place? The reasons I could imagine is if the stock is illiquid (401k, lockup, etc)

tempsy on March 9, 2020 | [–]

I’ve sold some stock earlier this month but not everything. I don’t want to sell some that I’ve been holding for a long time for tax reasons.

markus_zhang on March 9, 2020 | | [–]

OP might not want to lose his positions I guess.

bickfordb on March 9, 2020 | [–]

Taxes on reallocating

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