How do I know dividends from investments? How do I understand how to interpret big difference in income from 2018 to 2019?

[Anonymous_ · Accepted solution]

If you need assistance and would like an answer on this board, you will have to ask your question with more specificity - more detail.

Otherwise, if you lack a basic understanding of the difference between an investment and a dividend, you might want to consider using TurboTax Live (link below).

https://turbotax.intuit.com/personal-taxes/online/live/

[Anonymous]

if you don't understand the difference between dividends and investments you should choose between these options:

1) using a full service broker that  charges fees for investment advice

2) not be investing

3) use the web to gain enough knowledge so you do know the difference. 

[VolvoGirl]

Dividends are part of investments.  Do you have investments?  Have you bought stocks or mutual funds?  Ask your broker or fund company or financial adviser about it.

[fanfare]

Since your loss is limited to $3,000  you can't have a big difference in income from 2018 to 2019 due to losses.

So you must have had a gain to see a big difference from 2018 to 2019.

That's a good thing, right ?