Spending too much time basking in the first break of success can cause you to lose opportunities to build connections and gainsubsequent more breaks from it.
This presents a unique opportunity for noncorporate taxpayers to invest in Section 1202 stock for the next year and enjoy the benefit of tax-free gain on a subsequent sale of the stock five years down the road.
Galling as the revelations are of traders trying to manipulate rates for personal gain, the actual harm done would probably have paled in comparison with the subsequent misconduct of the banks.