Less than two weeks remain to tax-loss harvest your losing stocks, and it’s not as easy as it may look. The easy part of tax-loss selling is getting rid of a loser by Dec. 31. So long as you ...

Be aware of the wash sale rule enforced by the IRS. The rule is important for investors reassessing their market positions and looking to sell and repurchase declining stocks to offset losses.

Many of the stocks that lose the most in a given year will jump after tax-loss selling ends. Less than two weeks remain to tax-loss harvest your losing stocks, and it’s not as easy as it may look.