IRA - then your good to go, tax free/deferred. You've hit on the safest way to flip 'em for more. As for legaldog, he's flipping such a small amount of shares, I can understand his lack of concern over the tax issue. As for his blasting me and suggesting that I imply he's an idiot, this I don't understand (and it's interesting that that's how he perceived it). Guess that's what ya get for trying to help some people out! Hopefully others gained from it... SGE