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Chapter 19 · Part Six: Leverage Can KillOutline

When the Whole World Deleverages at Once

当全世界同时去杠杆

1929, LTCM, 2008, Archegos: on the way up, leverage makes everyone look like a genius.

Wallace Wang · Updated 2026-09-14

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Chapter summary

Real stories from 1929, Long-Term Capital Management, the 2008 financial crisis and Archegos, told not as history lessons but in search of one shared pattern.

On the way up, leverage makes everyone look like a genius, until asset prices start to fall.
中文原稿 · Chinese manuscript

讲几个最刺激的真实故事:

  • 1929 年大崩盘
  • LTCM(长期资本管理公司)
  • 2008 年金融危机
  • Archegos

不把它们写成金融历史课,只寻找一个共同规律:

上涨的时候,杠杆让所有人看起来像天才。直到资产开始下跌。

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