A Tax Strategy So Aggressive It Built the World’s Largest Hedge Fund and Made Losing Money the Hottest Product on Wall Street
Quick Read A 1993 article Asness read at Goldman Sachs (GS) showed taxes outstrip market gains, and that insight eventually built AQR into a $140 billion hedge fund. AQR’s Flex strategy turns a $100 million investment into over $580 million of tax-offsetting losses over 10 years using shorts and leverage. Charles Schwab (SCHW) and Fidelity…
