https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/investing/cost-basis? This Nerdwallet link offers a good overview to Cost Basis. Cost Basis is important because the taxes you pay when you sell stocks are based on your profits which are calculated on what you originally paid for the stock subtracted from what you sold it for. Yes, I know, holding short and long term […]
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Former combat photographer correspondent in America’s war in Vietnam, veterans counselor and co-promoter of PVS into PTSD. Long time investor. Bought my first car with Portland Cement stock sold in 1971. Recently retired as a high school teacher.
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Can anyone suggest a computer program to track and compute a COST BASIS for stocks held long term (30 years) with splits, sales, buys, dividends, etc? OR, does someone have a spread sheet to share with these variables figured in? Thank you for your thoughts.
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