Edward "Eddie" Perlman opened the Perlman Family Office December 1, 2012 to invest in the U.S. financial markets. Since inception, it has outperformed both the S&P 500 and most hedge fund indices. The gains were achieved with tax efficiency, low investment costs, a highly liquid portfolio and no leverage. Prior to opening his single family office, Mr. Perlman founded hedge fund Scottwood Capital Management in December 2001, after having worked for 17 years on the bond trading desks of top Wall Street firms. He then built Scottwood into a firm with almost $1 billion in assets under management. In July 2011, before financial markets melted down from the Euro-debt crisis, he informed his limite