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    Quote Originally Posted by Cadalac123 View Post
    Maybe a dumb question, say you have a holding of X company and you bought a parcel of shares at 80c (entry) and a parcel of shares at 54c and 50c. If you sold a portion of your holding does it sell off as an average, or do your oldest shares i.e. those bought at 80c get sold off first - in the instance where the stock price goes to 65c and you want to trim your holding?
    Average cost all the way. Anything else is an administrative nightmare.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GTM 3442 View Post
    Average cost all the way. Anything else is an administrative nightmare.
    Absolutely agree, there is no simpler method, LIFO and FIFO should only be used as dogs names.

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