Sprott Intends to Make Exchange Offers for Central GoldTrust and Silver Bullion
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How can you tell when it's at breakeven?
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I think he means relative to his cost basis, although I'm not sure why to wait that long. I don't love locking in the loss based on premiums I paid earlier, but don't mind tax loss harvesting now... I'm not sure any alternative is better or less risk of "drama"-- that's why the orthodox pp suggests physical no?Reub wrote: How can you tell when it's at breakeven?
PS, did you go with sgol only based on commissions or were there other attractive qualities?
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I've harvested my tax losses earlier in the year. Are there other valid reasons to sell GTU?
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Seems that it will either be converted to PHYS or an ETF, the latter having less favorable tax consequences. Think I will sell today and buy PHYS, realizing loss. Can always buy back once the drama ends (if beyond 30 day wash sale rule). Anyone disagree?Reub wrote: I've harvested my tax losses earlier in the year. Are there other valid reasons to sell GTU?
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I sold my GTU to for a tax loss harvest, I was happy with GTU before Sprott got into the picture. If I want online gold that I can convert to physical I will buy OUNZ
http://www.merkgold.com/overview.html or if I want to hold a gold ETF it will be either GLD or IAU. IAU has lower expense but for tax loss harvesting I can see selling one and buying the other. Gold ETF are treated as collectibles so although they don't have the long term tax advantages that GTU had, they do not have wash sale rules as far as I know. So you could sell one gold etf and buy another. Although you should be able to buy the exact same one, brokerage accounts would treat it as a wash sale if it has the same CUSIP number
http://www.merkgold.com/overview.html or if I want to hold a gold ETF it will be either GLD or IAU. IAU has lower expense but for tax loss harvesting I can see selling one and buying the other. Gold ETF are treated as collectibles so although they don't have the long term tax advantages that GTU had, they do not have wash sale rules as far as I know. So you could sell one gold etf and buy another. Although you should be able to buy the exact same one, brokerage accounts would treat it as a wash sale if it has the same CUSIP number
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Yes, d-car, relative to my cost basis.dragoncar wrote:I think he means relative to his cost basis, although I'm not sure why to wait that long. I don't love locking in the loss based on premiums I paid earlier, but don't mind tax loss harvesting now...Reub wrote: How can you tell when it's at breakeven?
I am only in the 15% bracket.
I pay zero taxes on stock dividends and very little tax in general. No chance to tax loss harvest in my household.
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Yep, just did the exact same.Pointedstick wrote: I sold it all and replaced it with Schwab's commission-free SGOL. Too much drama for my taste.
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Same here. I'm sad to see GTU go, it was the best option before Sprott got involved...Phalanx wrote:Yep, just did the exact same.Pointedstick wrote: I sold it all and replaced it with Schwab's commission-free SGOL. Too much drama for my taste.
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What is this Management GREEN Card vote that they sent us?
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I am undecided whether to sell now and be done with this, or tender my shares to Sprott, then sell them. Either way, I will probably use IAU as the eventual vehicle for this portion of gold. Anyone have a thought?
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I don't know what to do... Considering replacing gold with 1/3 of a 3x fund. At least that gives me tax advantages. I don't have physical but maybe I'd buy a little to account for the additional counterparty risk
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Still holding GTU as I'm not sure how long it will take Sprott to assimilate Gold Trust. The discount has narrowed from when I bought in at ~9% (it's now 1.5% last I'd checked) so I'm already ahead, but it is possible we could see a premium given the recent worries in foreign markets. While a premium may never materialize, GTU did trade at a 29%(!) premium in early 2009. Of course, if Gold Trust or Sprott get their way and the fund becomes a ETF then premium/discounts will be a thing of the past.
Recently voted both against Central's proposal to convert to a ETF and against Sprott's merger offer. I want the GTU to remain a closed end fund. Not sure what can prevent the merger or changeover to an ETF at this point.
Recently voted both against Central's proposal to convert to a ETF and against Sprott's merger offer. I want the GTU to remain a closed end fund. Not sure what can prevent the merger or changeover to an ETF at this point.
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The meeting for GTU shareholders Jan 15 appears to be to discuss terms for the merger/takeover. It appears to be a done deal. Based on this whole experience, I have little difficulty believing that Sprott may make this less than advantageous for GTU owners that hold out.
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Not sure, but am a little concerned about this whole share exchange. Perhaps I am being a bit paranoid.
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So what should we do? Sell?
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Well, I'm not a lawyer or a securities expert, but it seems to me that once Sprott has control of GTU, they could force the non-converters out at a fixed price lower than those who sold. Sure, that might be illegal, but then their whole approach is of very dubious legality to me.MangoMan wrote:Your premise is that those who are 'conned' into accepting the proxy bid will lose rights they currently have with GTU when the conversion to Sprott takes place, correct? If the GTU unit holders who 'are smart enough to' avoid said con, how exactly will Sprott be able to penalize them? Unless you consider the unwanted conversion a penalty, which I will concede it is, but I think 6Iron was worried they would somehow be penalized in some additional manner. Can you elaborate on what additional penalty would befall those who are forced to convert that would not also be cast upon those who voluntarily give up their proxy?Libertarian666 wrote:Really? Please explain.MangoMan wrote: That statement may be accurate, but has nothing to do with Sprott penalizing the holdouts, which is not possible.
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So is this a done deal? When is the conversion likely to occur?
Why is SGOL better than PHYS?
Why is SGOL better than PHYS?
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I don't know, although there seems to be a bandwagon. From what I can tell, SGOL is Swiss and maybe holds less paper? IAU may be less tax efficient.MangoMan wrote:Why is SGOL better than IAU, which has a much lower expense ratio [besides being able to trade it free at Schwab]?dragoncar wrote: So is this a done deal? When is the conversion likely to occur?
Why is SGOL better than PHYS?
I mean, what's so bad about PHYS even besides the tax churn of redemptions?
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Being taxed at the collectibles rate?dragoncar wrote:I don't know, although there seems to be a bandwagon. From what I can tell, SGOL is Swiss and maybe holds less paper? IAU may be less tax efficient.MangoMan wrote:Why is SGOL better than IAU, which has a much lower expense ratio [besides being able to trade it free at Schwab]?dragoncar wrote: So is this a done deal? When is the conversion likely to occur?
Why is SGOL better than PHYS?
I mean, what's so bad about PHYS even besides the tax churn of redemptions?
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Which options do we have that are not taxed at the collectibles rate?Libertarian666 wrote:Being taxed at the collectibles rate?dragoncar wrote:I don't know, although there seems to be a bandwagon. From what I can tell, SGOL is Swiss and maybe holds less paper? IAU may be less tax efficient.MangoMan wrote: Why is SGOL better than IAU, which has a much lower expense ratio [besides being able to trade it free at Schwab]?
I mean, what's so bad about PHYS even besides the tax churn of redemptions?
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GTU :-(dragoncar wrote:Which options do we have that are not taxed at the collectibles rate?Libertarian666 wrote:Being taxed at the collectibles rate?dragoncar wrote: I don't know, although there seems to be a bandwagon. From what I can tell, SGOL is Swiss and maybe holds less paper? IAU may be less tax efficient.
I mean, what's so bad about PHYS even besides the tax churn of redemptions?
And CEF, but that has a lot of silver too.
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Actually not a bad idea, though, especially if you don't hold a high percentage of your overall gold allocation in an ETF or close-ended fund.Libertarian666 wrote: And CEF, but that has a lot of silver too.
I just like these Canadian funds better. They are more transparent and less susceptible to Wall Street shenanigans, IMO.
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Yes, I have some CEF, but then I'm a well-known heretic with respect to the PP.AdamA wrote:Actually not a bad idea, though, especially if you don't hold a high percentage of your overall gold allocation in an ETF or close-ended fund.Libertarian666 wrote: And CEF, but that has a lot of silver too.
I just like these Canadian funds better. They are more transparent and less susceptible to Wall Street shenanigans, IMO.
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So does anyone know what happens to people who hold GTU in a brokerage account? Even though I see that Sprott has taken it over and has exchanged units of Sprott Physical Gold Trust for GTU, my Fidelity account still shows GTU.
I guess I need to call Kingsdale Shareholder Services to find out what is going to happen.
I guess I need to call Kingsdale Shareholder Services to find out what is going to happen.
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I found this
As a result of the completion of the Merger Transaction: (i) GoldTrust unitholders received an aggregate of 4.4108 units of Sprott Physical Gold Trust in exchange for each unit of GoldTrust;
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/central- ... 00760.html
What does this come to? Are we being ripped off somehow?
As a result of the completion of the Merger Transaction: (i) GoldTrust unitholders received an aggregate of 4.4108 units of Sprott Physical Gold Trust in exchange for each unit of GoldTrust;
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/central- ... 00760.html
What does this come to? Are we being ripped off somehow?