These two positions therefore offset one another, and there is no net gain or loss on the straddle itself.

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Here again, these two positions offset one another and there is no net gain or loss on the straddle itself.

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Even so, the net gain or net loss will be small, however, because exports and imports move up and down together.

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This is because if the selling taxpayer has net gain from the sale of other property that is included in investment income, he is permitted to offset that gain (but not create a net loss) with any loss generated from the sale of the stock or partnership interest.

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's net loss narrowed in the first quarter, benefiting from a gain related to a subscriber list sale.

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Is your life about adding somehow to the human environment in such a way that there is a net gain, or is it somehow consuming something from the human environment in such a way that there is a net loss?

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