November 3, 2009

Jim Chanos: 10 Already-Forgotten Lessons from the Crisis

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Famed hedge fund manager and short seller Jim Chanos recently gave a presentation at the University of Virginia's Value Investing Conference and the Yale School of Management's Leadership Forum.

If you weren't at either, don't worry.

We've got Chanos's eye-opening presentation right here.

"You should also note, in homage to Spinal Tap, that my list 'does eleven!'" Chanos says.

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