Mailbag — How to Calculate Gains (Plus: Tax Tips)
This week, I address a question from subscriber Keith, who wrote to us:
I’m new to investing, and this is probably a really dumb question, but I’ve seen and heard, where people talk about, ‘I made a 69% gain.’ Can you please explain to me how this percentage was calculated? What’s the numerator, what’s the denominator?
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