Wall St Week Ahead: 'Cliff' worries may drive tax selling
NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Investors typically sell stocks to cut their losses at year end. But worries about the "fiscal cliff" - and the possibility of higher taxes in 2013 - may act as the greatest incentive to sell both winners and losers by Dec. 31.
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