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Title: $4.8 Billion vs $1 Trillion: How LTCM Nearly Blew Up Wall Street in 1998
How did a hedge fund with just $4.8 Billion in capital almost cause Wall Street to collapse by sitting on a $1 Trillion mountain of derivatives? This is the untold story of Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) in 1998, where absolute faith in mathematics and massive leverage nearly tore the entire global financial system apart.

This video dives deep into how the smartest minds in finance used "elegant equations" to bet that markets would always behave rationally, only to face a catastrophe when Russia defaulted and liquidity vanished. We break down the terrifying moment when 14 of the world’s largest banks had to inject $3.6 Billion in a secret midnight rescue to stop a chain reaction that threatened the economy. It is a timeless lesson on the dangers of leverage and what happens when Wall Street feels too safe.

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