These gains don't cause pain. A capital gain is the amount of money you pocket by selling one of your investments for more than you paid for it. Technically, capital gains only count for what's called a capital asset, but that's really just anything you own for investment purposes. Stocks and bonds obviously qualify, but your house and household furnishings can also count.

For tax purposes, capital gains are classified as either long-term (held for more than one year) or short-term (held for less than one year) and there are different tax implications for how long you hold onto a capital asset. For most long-term capital gains, you're taxed no more than 15% of the value of the asset. Short-term gains get taxed as regular income, so you pay the rate for the tax bracket you're in.

Capital gains can also be realized or unrealized. When you physically sell an asset like a stock, you've realized the capital gain. When you're holding the stock, and it has a value over its purchase price, but you're not selling it, you've got an unrealized gain, and you won't realize it until you sell.

In a perfect world, we'd all have capital gains. But no one¿s that smart or lucky. When the value of an asset at sale is below what you've paid for it, it's called a capital loss. The good news is that the government lets you count that loss against any gains you've had, lowering the taxes you pay. In fact, many people who sell a stock that has risen far over their purchase price tend to sell some stinkers, too, at the same time for the tax benefit. This is known as a capital-loss offset.

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Intevac to Announce Second Quarter Results on July 28, 2008

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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jul 08, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Intevac, Inc. (Nasdaq:IVAC) will release financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended June 28, 2008 at 1 p.m. PT (4 p.m. ET) on Monday, July 28, 2008.

At 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) on July 28, Intevac's management will host a teleconference to discuss the company's financial results.

To participate in the teleconference, please call toll-free (800) 291-8929 prior to the start time. For international callers, the dial-in number is (706) 634-0478. You may also listen live via the Internet at the company's website, www.Intevac.com, under the Investors link, or at www.earnings.com. For those unable to attend, these web sites will host an archive of the call.

A telephone replay will be available for 48 hours, beginning two hours after completion of the call. You may access the replay by calling (800) 642-1687 or, for international callers, (706) 645-9291, and providing Conference ID 55160186.

About Intevac

Intevac was founded in 1991 and has two businesses: Equipment and Imaging Instrumentation.

Equipment Business: Intevac is a leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of high-productivity "lean" manufacturing systems and has been producing "Lean Thinking" platforms since 1994. We are the leading supplier of magnetic media sputtering equipment to the hard disk drive industry and offer advanced etch technology systems to the semiconductor industry.

Imaging Instrumentation Business: Intevac is a leader in the development of leading edge, high-sensitivity imaging products, vision systems and miniature Raman instruments. Markets addressed include military, industrial, physical science and life science.

For more information call 408-986-9888, or visit the company's website at www.intevac.com.

SOURCE: Intevac, Inc.

Intevac, Inc. Jeff Andreson, CFO, 408-986-9888 Claire McAdams,
   Investor Relations, 530-274-0551

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