The Week: The $45 Billion AI Fund That Imploded

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Leverage turned market risk into household risk. South Korea added debt counseling to its suicide-prevention plan.
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At 24, Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness gained 439% in the first half, reached roughly $45 billion, then liquidated most public stocks after fivefold leverage triggered losses and margin calls.
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Capital-expenditure booms make profits surge on paper: spenders defer costs five to ten years while recipients book revenue immediately.
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In South Korea, 92% of leveraged-product investors were retail, while Goldman estimated margin calls reached 3.4% of adults.
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Are U.S. single-stock leveraged ETFs replaying South Korea’s concentrated household-risk episode on a slower timeline?
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Roughly 70% of investors in Samsung and SK Hynix were reportedly in the red, leaving many facing severe losses to life savings.
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Severe loneliness and financial nihilism can push young people toward leveraged risky assets, chasing a windfall as their route to financial security.
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Some South Korean local governments pay people to get married.
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The number of U.S. leveraged ETFs has more than doubled since 2025, and over half are single-stock products.
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South Korea’s marriage rate declined 40% over the previous decade.
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