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Robert N. Gordon

Robert N. Gordon is the chief executive of Twenty-First Securities Corp. and an adjunct professor at New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-n-gordon-22b662b1

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New option for employee options

The recent SEC rule change allowing unexercised employee options to act as collateral for listed publicly traded options is good news for holders of employee options.

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Two new munis and a swaps recap

Through the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the government has created Build America Bonds.

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Investors and Obama’s tax plan

The Department of the Treasury's recently re-leased “Green Book” describes in detail the revenue proposals contained in the president's budget for fiscal-year 2010.

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Some good news for Madoff victims

The release of Internal Revenue Service Ruling 2009-9 and Revenue Procedure 2009-20 be-fore the April 15 filing deadline has granted timely guidance to victims of Bernard Madoff.

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Harvesting losses with options

Investors and their advisers are rightfully concerned about running afoul of the wash sale rule and triggering a taxable event. As you know, a wash sale — as defined in Section 1091 of the Internal Revenue Code — occurs when an investor sells property at a loss and within 30 days acquires "substantially identical" property.

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The tax impact of selling calls

Selling covered calls is a common strategy employed by many investors to en-hance the return of their equity position.

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Do-it-yourself structured notes

As discussed in earlier columns, there are two types of structured-note products — those without a principal guarantee and those that guarantee the return of principal as a worst-case scenario.