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- From: eck@panix.com (Mark Eckenwiler)
- Subject: Re: average basis question
- Message-ID: <C1J8CF.Myw@panix.com>
- Organization: Superseding Information, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan27.161216.15759@athena.mit.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:43:27 GMT
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- In <1993Jan27.161216.15759@athena.mit.edu>, rlcarr@athena.mit.edu sez:
- >Ok...now for an example illustrating my question...
- > bought 100 shares at $10
- > bought 100 shares at $1
- >total adj basis = 100*$10 + 100*$1 = $1100
- >total shares = 200
- >avg basis = $5.50
- >
- >I now sell 100 shares. Using FIFO, I have a 100($10-$5.50)= $450
- >loss.
- >
- >Now the tricky part...what is the new average basis?
-
- First calculate your new adjusted basis by subtracting the basis
- associated with the shares you sold (= 100 * 5.50 = $550) from your
- starting basis: 1100 - 550 = $550. (This is intuitively obvious with
- the averaging method: if you sell half your shares, your basis is cut
- in half.)
-
- So what's your new average basis? The same as before, of course.
- It's only by *buying* shares that you alter your average basis.
-
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- "Maybe I'm mistaken, maybe I'm not. Frankly, I really don't
- give a damn . . . ." - Paul Havemann (paul@hsh.com)
- in <1993Jan25.190648.548@hsh.com>
- Mark Eckenwiler eck@panix.com ...!cmcl2!panix!eck
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