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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Research and Markets: Analysis of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

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DUBLIN, Ireland, Jun 23, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) ----Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3598c6/analysis_of_goodye) has announced the addition of the "Analysis of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company" company profile to their offering.

Analysis of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

A complete and comprehensive analysis of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, includes an overview of the industry the company operates in, a PEST Framework Analysis of the industry, and then moves on to analyzing the company itself.

Company analysis includes a history of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a business segment analysis of the segments Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company operates through, a look at the organization structure of the company, a geographical operating segments analysis, an analysis of the company's major competitors.

A financial analysis of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is presented in the report which includes a ratio analysis, basic profit and loss analysis, presentation of the company balance sheet, and much more.

A SWOT Framework Analysis of Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and its competitors completes this in-depth company analysis.

Key Topics Covered:

A. Executive Summary

B. Looking at the Industry

B.1 Industry Definition

B.2 Brief Profile of the Industry

B.3 Impacts on the Industry

B.4 Challenges Facing the Industry

B.5 Future Perspective

C. Industry PEST Framework Analysis

C.1 Political Aspects

C.2 Economic Aspects

C.3 Social Aspects

C.4 Technological Aspects

D. Looking at the Company

D.1 Company Profile

D.2 History of the Company

D.3 Ownership Pattern in the Company

D.4 Corporate Hierarchy

D.5 Organizational Divisions

D.6 Profiling the Key Executives

D.7 Products & Services

D.8 Recently in the News

E. Looking at Business

E.1 Business Segments

E.2 Geographical Segments

E.3 Company Subsidiaries

F. SWOT Framework Analysis

F.1 Strengths to Build Upon

F.2 Weaknesses to Overcome

F.3 Opportunities to Exploit

F.4 Threats to Overcome

G. Profiling the Competition (Includes SWOT Analysis of Competitor Companies)

G.1 Michelin

H. Financial Analysis of the Company

H.1 Current Financials

H.2 Balance Sheet

H.3 Profit & Loss Statement

H.4 Ratio Analysis

I. Future Perspective

J. Appendix

K. Glossary of Terms

Companies Mentioned:

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Michelin

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/3598c6/analysis_of_goodye.

SOURCE: Research and Markets Ltd.

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