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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Another huge reason not to dabble in leveraged ETFs
Almost a year ago, I warned about playing with these. Now, Morningstar talks about the tax consequences. In their anecdotal case, an ETF disgorged 74% of its NAV in short term capital gains.
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