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Seth Klarman On Protecting Investments In The “Everything Bubble” Era

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Jacob Wolinsky
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Baupost group is known for its risk management principles, so one of the chats at the Harvard Investment Conference held on April 15, 2024, was just about that, according to notes from the conference obtained and verified by Hedge Fund Alpha.  Seth Klarman pointed out how important it is to utilize risk management strategies, including diversification, hedging, and margin of safety, especially in a time of an “everything bubble”.

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Jacob Wolinsky is the ex-Founder of Valuewalk.com (founded 2011, sold 2023). He is founder of HedgeFundAlpha (formerly ValueWalk Premium), a hedge fund focused intelligence service for institutional investors. Prior to founding Valuewalk, Jacob covered small caps, worked recruiting members for a large hedge fund community and freelance financial journalism. Jacob lives with his wife and five kids in Passaic Park NJ. - Email: jacob(at)hedgefundalpha.com. For confidential inquires email me for my Signal ID. Other methods of secure communication are also available. FD: Most of my portfolio is in I mostly purchase broad-based ETFs, mutual funds or individual bonds - I do this for performance reasons and to avoid any potential conflict of interest or occasional receipt of insider information. I will disclose if I have a stake in any company, but in general I have few stocks and I avoid any trading especially around topics I am covering.