Post #249 by AdrianC on the Retirement Investing board

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I did know about the trading throughout the day. Wasn't aware of the tax side, or at least I didn't remember it (read the book 20 years ago).

So when you sell an ETF, then you're realize the cap gain...correct? I don't think you can get away from it, just perhaps delay it a bit. Or am I not remembering something again?

When you sell you (hopefully) realize a cap gain, sure. But mutual funds also *distribute* capital gains to shareholders. ETFs usually do not have to distribute capital gains. In a tax-deferred account it doesn't matter. In a taxable account ETFs are better.

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