With a Vanguard account, can you transfer shares of an ETF from one account into another (i.e. taxable brokerage account into your IRA), or do you have to sell all the shares, transfer the money, and then buy all the shares again? Turns out I can put more money into my IRA for 2015 but I don't want to sell the shares and then have them rise a bunch over the two days it takes before I can buy them again in my IRA.
Why wouldn't you ask your brokerage?