Grow Wealth.
Harvest Losses.
Pay Less in Taxes.

Up to 10x more tax losses than Direct Indexing.

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Research by Sosner et al. (2022) demonstrated that the average cumulative net capital losses of direct indexing strategies rarely exceed 30% of the initial investment, even with optimization and capital inflows. Multiple studies have quantified the performance and tax benefits of tax-aware long-short relative to direct indexing. Liberman et al. (2023) conducted a series of historical simulations comparing the two strategies under identical benchmark, turnover, and rebalancing constraints. They found that tax-aware long-short strategies can achieve cumulative net capital losses exceeding 100% of the initial capital within three years. This far exceeds the plateau of direct indexing.

Direct Indexing Is Yesterday’s Strategy. Discover What’s Next.

Smarter tax alpha. Better performance. Lower barriers.

Tax-Aware Long/Short (TALS)
vs. Direct Indexing (DI)
Tax-Aware Long/Short
Why alphaAI’s TALS is Better
Direct Indexing
Why Direct Indexing Falls Short
Loss Harvesting
Up to 10x or more losses than DI
Losses typically cap out at 30% of principal over 8 years
Tax Alpha Consistency
Consistent, year after year
Significantly diminishes over time
Asset Type
ETFs (Flexible)
Individual Stocks (Restrictive)
Portfolio Interference
Minimal
Interferes with broader holdings
Performance
Aims to beat a benchmark
Passively track a benchmark
Minimum Account Size
Get started with as little as $100
$100,000+ minimum
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Research by Sosner et al. (2022) demonstrated that the average cumulative net capital losses of direct indexing strategies rarely exceed 30% of the initial investment, even with optimization and capital inflows. Multiple studies have quantified the performance and tax benefits of tax-aware long-short relative to direct indexing. Liberman et al. (2023) conducted a series of historical simulations comparing the two strategies under identical benchmark, turnover, and rebalancing constraints. They found that tax-aware long-short strategies can achieve cumulative net capital losses exceeding 100% of the initial capital within three years. This far exceeds the plateau of direct indexing.

How Tax-Aware Long/Short Works

Consistent Tax Alpha. Fully Automated.

Stage 1

Long/short portfolio construction.

Stage 2

Adjust short exposure to generate pre-tax alpha.

Stage 3

Losses are continually generated by shorts.

Stage 4

Harvest losses annually.

Stage 5

Losses used to offset capital gains or carried forward.

Offset Taxes From Real-World Events

Selling stocks

Use harvested losses to offset realized capital gains.

Selling a business

Generate losses over multiple years to reduce capital gains from a future sale.

Real estate exits

Reduce taxes paid on real estate sales, which are taxed as capital gains.

Annual tax alpha

In years without capital gains, tax losses can be carried forward indefinitely.

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