That's what I get for posting at 5 in the morning lol, I meant knowing the washer rule to avoid taxation. Of course if you don't know about phantom write offs you're just wasting your time and effort...
Or you can open a marginal account, learn how to short sale, use the washer rule to avoid taxation, trade bonds to make money on the spread, and like the OP says a roth IRA (tax free millionaire).
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My Investments professor started off this semester by telling us the two people you need to watch out for if you want to be successful, the IRS and an ex spouse.
