In a tax context, you can use capital losses to offset an equivalent dollar amount of capital gains, or up to $3,000 in capital losses to offset ordinary income. In either case, the offset allows you to reduce the tax you owe. Further, banks have the right of offset if a borrower defaults on a loan.
Central Daylight Time (CDT) is 5 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This time zone is a Daylight Saving Time time zone and is used in: North America. This time zone is often called Central Daylight Time. See full time zone map.
Caution: This is NOT the current local time in most locations in that time zone. North America: Only some locations are currently on CST because most places in this time zone are currently on summer time / daylight saving time and are observing CDT.