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Old 05-15-2022, 03:26 PM   #380
hermanotarjeta
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Originally Posted by tyrith View Post
Primary reason to take a loss would be for tax reasons - to offset a large capital gain from some other investment. On a half million dollar loss, if there's an equal gain to offset it, you could easily be talking about freeing up $100K+ that would otherwise go to the feds. It's not worth holding on to the card at that point if you don't have a real expectation that it will go up.
Overpaying for sports cards as a hedge for profits in equities or real estate profits? That’s an interesting concept.

But if you have major capital losses this year due to crypto/stock losses, there would be no reason to take an additional half a million hit unless you really need the money.
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