For stocks, dividends are treated as ordinary income, currently taxed at 20% max.  Recent law by Bush.  Long-term capital gains are taxed at 20% as well.  Short-term capital gain can be taxed as high as your marginal tax bracket.  Hope this helps.  What other investment tax questions do you have?

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