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January 28, 2021 10:06 AM newsfeedback@fool.com (Dan Caplinger) Posted: Updated: January 30, 2021 5:10 AM Recent events have thrust the practice of selling a stock short into the spotlight. With companies like GameStop (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings seeing their shares soar as the result of short squeezes, everyone’s getting an education about the dynamics of short-selling and how it actually works. In this latest short-selling controversy, many investors have been confused by the sheer level of exposure that short-sellers have to certain stocks. For instance, GameSt...

Author Bio Matt is a Certified Financial Planner based in South Carolina who has been writing for The Motley Fool since 2012. Matt specializes in writing about bank stocks, REITs, and personal finance, but he loves any investment at the right price. Follow him on Twitter to keep up with his latest work! Follow @TMFMathGuy We recently learned that the acquisition target for Chamath Palihapitiya's fifth special purchase acquisition company (SPAC), Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings V (NYSE:IPOE), is none other than millennial-focused fintech startup Social Finance, bett...

Channel3000.com Posted: Updated: January 22, 2021 6:50 PM The COVID-19 pandemic put millions of people out of work in early 2020. Even though some people have managed to return to their jobs, many are still relying on unemployment benefits for financial support. With tax season set to start in mid-February, many people who received unemployment checks in 2020 are about to get a nasty surprise. When you prepare your 2020 federal tax returns, you’re going to have to report those unemployment benefits as income to the IRS and probably pay taxes on it. Image source: Getty Images. How unemploy...

Channel3000.com Posted: Updated: January 22, 2021 10:03 AM Stock investors make money in two ways. Ideally, the share price of the stocks they own goes up, giving them a profit when they sell. Some stocks also pay dividends to shareholders at regular intervals, giving them income that they can either reinvest in the stock or use for other purposes. Depending on the type of account that holds your dividend-paying stocks, you might pay taxes on your dividend income. Below, we’ll go into the details on how that income gets taxed and some of the preferential tax treatment that’s often avail...