quest13,,,,,,,,,,I never whine about paying capital gains tax,,,,if you are paying tax you are making money my friend,,,its when you can offset the gain with capital losses and not pay that bites!!,,,50% of 50% is still palatable to most investors,,,,,,,,,,,,me included...........yep each year I pay in I call it a great year!!!,,,,,,lots of years back I was not fortunate cuz of no gains!!,,,its just the life of a minion  investor!!,,,jmo