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Re:Silicon Valley IT Administrator and Friends Charged in In... by arthurcolle on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:00AM (#21822253)
I read the book. In my opinion, it's just a puff piece oriented towards a slightly more technical audience.

The entire Renaissance org is pretty walled-in, and in my opinion it is pretty obvious that based on returns they must be exploiting an edge that treads the line of legality.

Take a look at their basket options tax strategy (documented by Levine, look for "incantations+Levine" on your favorite search engine).

Re:Silicon Valley IT Administrator and Friends Charged in In... by iudqnolq on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:37AM (#21822704)
Can't find it. You're the seventh result for "incantations" "Levine" in my personalized Google, though :). I like reading his newsletter a lot, though, so I'd appreciate a pointer.
Re:Silicon Valley IT Administrator and Friends Charged in In... by arthurcolle on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:23AM (#21822906)
Just tried to google this myself and you are right, looks like Google crawlers are as speedy as ever. Here's what I was talking about -

Link to article I was referencing: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:4l2vAb...

Here's a pastebin of the content in case you can't access the above: https://pastebin.com/43hjkBQe

Re:Silicon Valley IT Administrator and Friends Charged in In... by iudqnolq on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:24AM (#21822912)
Thank you
Re:Silicon Valley IT Administrator and Friends Charged in In... by arthurcolle on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @03:46AM (#21823022)
Anytime, old sport. I'll be here all week.