Microsoft CEO sells half his stake in the company ahead of new state capital gains tax

Satya Nadella sold 838,584 shares between Nov. 23 and Nov. 24. The move comes a month before Washington state's capital gains tax goes into effect.

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  Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Sells Half of His Shares in the Company

  The Wall Street Journal
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  Never Mind Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s Stock Sales. Look What Microsoft’s CEO Just Did.

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AT&T leads wireless stocks lower after company ‘reinforced market fears’ about the cost of growth

AT&T Inc. shares are leading a wireless selloff Tuesday after the company gave a presentation at an investor conference that one analyst said "reinforced market fears" about what its customer-acquisition spending could mean for broader industry trends.

Selling losing stocks now is a smart tax move. Buying them back before January is even smarter.

You only have a couple more days to profit in two different ways from tax-loss selling. From a statistical point of view, that means you’re finding a security whose gyrations can explain or predict at least half of the movements of your tax loss sale candidate.

Government announces surprising hike in Medicare Part B premiums

As I was extolling the virtues of Social Security’s 5.9% COLA, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that they were increasing the premium for Medicare Part B by 14.5%. As a reminder, Medicare is composed of two programs. Part A, Hospital Insurance (HI), which covers inpatient hospital services, skilled nursing facilities, home healthcare, and hospice care.