bed-and-breakfast deal
Meanings
noun
- The practice of selling a position on the last trading day of the year to establish a tax loss, and then repurchasing early on the first session of the new trading year, to restore the position.
Word forms
Etymology
From the idea that one might stay in a bed and breakfast, since the trades take place on two consecutive days.
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