What Does Phantom Gain Mean?

Answer Posted / bjanmejai

when a gain on an investment is offset
by a loss in the same investment, which
usually comes from an income tax provision.
Phantom gains are named as such because
there is no actual return, although it
may initially seem otherwise.

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