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Source #10876

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TitleBorn's testimony and news reports
Original URLhttps://stanfordmag.org/contents/prophet-and-loss
PublicationDirected Inquiry — Web Search
Source typeweb_search
Date1998-09-00
EntityLong-Term Capital Management
Captured2026-04-16T00:04:01.066Z UTC
Hash computed at2026-04-16T00:04:01.066Z UTC
SHA-256f4a3c9bdf69232339b6c94a1c034df4d11ac212eb79845fc9e50cc0e762574f9
Content length144 bytes
Content preview (first 800 chars) 
Long-Term Capital Management collapsed in September 1998 with $1.25 trillion in notional value of OTC derivatives and only $4 billion in capital

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