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How to lose $35 billion

Reported by Opalesque ·Thefp
Aug 4, 2026· 1 min read
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When I emailed Asness recently to get his thoughts about the disaster that befell Leopold Aschenbrenner 's hedge fund, Situational Awareness, which lost roughly $35 billion over the course of two weeks in late July, he replied: quot;For the future, let 's file the phrase 'You never go full Kelly '...

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