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Everyone concerned is trying to do the math. Some G.O.P. advisers say the party is well positioned to gain strength in the next election so long as it doesn't get blamed for toppling a popular President and sending all those 401(k) balances into the tank. But others see a risk in doing too little. "You could have a significant slice of our grass-roots activist base go nuts if there's a lot of evidence [against Clinton] and we don't do anything about it," says a G.O.P. aide. "These people are not going to vote Democrat...
...return of 12.6% during that same period. Updated through 1997, the audit shows that the ladies have picked up some slack, earning an average annual return of 15.3%. But that still lags the comparable S&P 500 figure of 17.2%, though it's better than the average stock-fund gain of 13.8%. It should be noted, however, that beating the average stock fund is no harder than beating the Chicago Cubs. Nearly everybody does...
That gives you the chance to mismatch a long-term loss with a short-term gain and generate greater tax savings. Say you're in the top 39.6% tax bracket and have no short-term losses but a short-term gain of $1,000. You also have no long-term gains but a long-term loss of $1,000. That long-term loss offsets your short-term gain, rubbing out a $396 tax bill. If you had used the long-term loss against a long-term gain, where 20% is the tax rate, you would have rubbed out only...
Another capital-gains trick has to do with the prior sale of assets when the buyer is still paying in installments. The new law allows you to apply the new capital-gains tax rate to any payments received on or after May 7, 1997, even if the sale occurred years ago. More interesting is a quirky provision that has to do with depreciated assets. Say you bought a rental property for $100,000 and over several years depreciated it down to $80,000, and then sold it for $110,000. Under the old law, you must...
Last year a robust economy buoyed much of the publishing industry. But TIME's vital signs were among the best in the business. Newsstand sales were up 36%. Ad pages were up 16%. Reported ad revenue was up 21%, or an extra $94 million--almost three times the gain of the other weekly newsmagazines combined. As Adweek wrote, "TIME is the category leader, hands down...