In any case, you seem to be letting the Tax Tail wag the Investment Dog, which is foolish.

If you've got a profit in the stock and if you think the stock is going to fall out of bed in the near future, you sell your investment and - maybe - share some of that profit with the IRS.  (Long term gains are taxed at very favorable rates, starting a 0% for some, taxed at only 15% for most.)  And you laugh all the way to the bank.

Not selling a stock because you don't want to pay taxes on the gain and then watching those profits disappear as the share price plummets is just plain silly.

Tom Young