(m+) Short, but not short enough: This is why Jan Beckers failed to protect against the stock market crash

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Venture financier:

As a fund manager,

proved his instinct for upward trends.

The drop in prices showed the weaknesses of the relatively inexperienced investor on the stock exchange.

Photo: Jonas Friedrich / Bit Capital

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