2 Nobel Laureates. One $1 Trillion Disaster: Long Term Capital Management Chapter 1

2 Nobel Laureates. One $1 Trillion Disaster: Long Term Capital Management Chapter 1

In 1994, two future Nobel laureates, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the most feared bond trader on Wall Street raised a record $1.25 billion to build the perfect money machine: Long-Term Capital Management. For three years it printed returns of 20%, then 43%, then 41% — until leverage near 28-to-1 and derivative bets approaching $1 trillion turned genius into the most dangerous fund in the world. This is Chapter 1: the rise of the dream team, before the fall.🎧 Part of the Sleepy Stock Market series — financial history told as documentary audio.SLEEPY STOCK MARKETFall asleep to the greatest stories in financial history.#LTCM #LongTermCapital #WallStreet #FinancialHistory #Nobel #JohnMeriwether #MyronScholes #HedgeFund #StockMarket #Finance

The Trader Who Never Lost - Until 2008... Paul Tudor Jones Chapter 2

Paul Tudor Jones spent roughly 25 straight years without a single losing year, averaging nearly 20% annually and returning about 87% in 1990 alone by shorting Japan's collapsing Nikkei. Then 2008 broke the streak — not because he was wrong about the crash, but because his fund was trapped in positions too illiquid to sell, finishing down almost 5% for the first and only time. Along the way he co-founded the Robin Hood Foundation in 1988, whose 2010 gala raised nearly $88 million in a single night with Shakira performing for Lloyd Blankfein and Jamie Dimon. The story of how the man who called Black Monday became Wall Street's conscience.🎧 Part of the Sleepy Stock Market series — financial history told as documentary audio.SLEEPY STOCK MARKETFall asleep to the greatest stories in financial history.#PaulTudorJones #HedgeFund #MacroTrading #WallStreet #StockMarket #FinancialHistory #Investing #Nikkei #RobinHoodFoundation #2008Crash

He Made $100M the Day the Markets Crashed - Paul Tudor Jones Chapter 1

In October 1987, thirty-three-year-old Paul Tudor Jones made an estimated $100 million in a single day as the Dow collapsed 22.6% — the worst one-day percentage drop in its history. Jones and his research director Peter Borish had overlaid the 1980s bull market on 1929 charts and loaded up on put options before Black Monday hit. What the legend leaves out: Borish later admitted he had massaged the data to make the lines fit, and the model actually pointed to the crash arriving in spring 1988. Tudor Investment Corporation still returned 125.9% net of fees for the full year 1987.🎧 Part of the Sleepy Stock Market series — financial history told as documentary audio.SLEEPY STOCK MARKETFall asleep to the greatest stories in financial history.#PaulTudorJones #BlackMonday #1987Crash #HedgeFund #TradingHistory #WallStreet #MacroTrading #StockMarket

The Predator Who Finally Became The Prey - Carl Icahn Chapter 2

In January 2013, Carl Icahn called Bill Ackman 'the crybaby in the schoolyard' live on CNBC — and by 2018, he'd driven Ackman into a $1 billion loss on Herbalife. But in May 2023, short-seller Hindenburg Research published a single report that wiped out over $7 billion of Icahn's market value in hours. The SEC later revealed Icahn had secretly pledged up to 82% of his own company as collateral for personal loans. The man who spent fifty years raiding corporations had finally been raided himself.🎧 Part of the Sleepy Stock Market series — financial history told as documentary audio. SLEEPY STOCK MARKETFall asleep to the greatest stories in financial history. #CarlIcahn #WallStreet #BillAckman #Herbalife #HindenburgResearch #ActivistInvestor #HedgeFund #StockMarket #Finance #Investing

Wall Street's Most Feared Corporate Raider - Carl Icahn - Chapter 1

An airline printed a magazine asking 'Who's Afraid of Carl Icahn?' — every CEO on Wall Street knew the answer. Starting with a $400,000 loan from his uncle in 1968, Icahn built a takeover machine that forced companies to sell, restructure, or pay him to disappear. His first major win came in 1979 when he flipped Tappan Company to AB Electrolux for a $2.7 million profit after posing as a friendly investor. By 1985 he was closing in on a billion-dollar airline called TWA — and nobody could stop him. 🎧 Part of the Sleepy Stock Market series — financial history told as documentary audio.SLEEPY STOCK MARKETFall asleep to the greatest stories in financial history. #CarlIcahn #WallStreet #CorporateRaider #ActivistInvestor #TWA #StockMarket #Finance #FinanceHistory