Decades ago, rich Americans used to pay taxes as high as 40% on their investments. Nowadays, an obscure investment strategy is helping them slash that figure toward … 0%. Today on the show, Bloomberg reporter Loukia Gyftopoulou, tells us about this generation’s “great American tax dodge,” and the “mad genius” behind it.
A Tax Strategy for the Rich Built the World’s Largest Hedge Fund (bloomberg.com/features/2026-aqr-tax-loss-harvesting-billionaires) - Bloomberg
Fact checking by Sierra Juarez (npr.org/people/1268825622/sierra-juarez) .
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