In the meantime, you can lower your tax exposure by using a tax-deferred account to hold dividend-paying stocks, avoiding unnecessary trades and offseting realized capital gains with realizedlosses.
That was sufficient time to allow my network of contacts to evaporate, business opportunities to be missed, substantial financial lossesrealized and there was that crushing blow to my resume.
The sudden downward move caused stop orders for many stocks to be executed, leaving some shareholders with unanticipated losses or realized capital gains.