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1.
When are taxes on an investment's capital gains due?
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In the year that the investment is sold. Although gains may occur, no tax is due until the investment is sold. This may or may not occur at one's retirement age.
2.
Ultimately, dividends are behind capital gains.
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True. The underlying reason for investors bidding up the prices of stocks is that they are valuing the dividends that the company will pay, even if those dividends do not materialize for a while.
3.
What ultimately drives price appreciation of stocks?
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Anticipated dividends. Ultimately, what causes stock prices to go up is the anticipation of dividend payouts, even if investors understand that there will not be dividends for many years.
4.
With a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) for stocks, what happens to reinvested dividends?
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They purchase additional shares of stock for you. DRIPs will actually buy additional shares for you; this is a way of investing on autopilot.
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With a dividend reinvestment plan (DRIP) for stocks, dividends are reinvested automatically for you so that you do not need to invest them yourself.
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True. This is one of their many benefits: autopilot investing.