moly please read, page-2

Hello Vvs,

Well if You had paid 45 Cents per Share for $10,000 worth THR and then Sell THR for 32 Cents You have a Capital loss of 13 Cents (28.89 %) for Tax. (You cannot claim the Tax Loss unless You Sell).
Now if you had Purchased $10,000 worth of RIO at $50 and Sold the RIO at $64.45 a Capital Gain of (28.89 %) , You would end up with a Zero Capital Gain for Tax.
If you had not Off-Set by Selling THR You would have been up for $2,890 of Capital Gains from the Rio Transaction at Your Marginal Rate of Tax.
Shares could be manipulated down to improve the Tax loss Selling Position.

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Regards,

moly