OWC Pharmaceutical Research Corp (OWCP)

[skitahoe]

I've just sold a small portion of my stock for tax loss purposes, but I was very surprised to find a partial fill that took a very odd number of shares. I don't know why anyone would purchase 2313 shares, but that's what sold. The remainder has now sold, but question why the MM's deal in such increments. This purchase had Knight as the MM.

I would hope that at the end of January I will be forced to pay some more in buying back the stock, but I believe the tax gain will prove worth it, and it wasn't a major part of my holdings.

Frankly, this was the first time I've sold a specific lot of my shares and I found that selling a specific lot was quite easy through Fidelity, and I'm sure it's similar elsewhere. The law still permits selling specific lots, rather than FIFO, so if you have purchased share at a variety of prices, I'd urge anyone to find the highest priced shares they've purchased and consider if they'd give them a tax loss they could use. In my case they exceed the $3000 I can take in a year, so it works nicely for me.

Gary