Between March 12 and March 18, 2020, Pershing invested 2.05 billion dollars buying stocks while simultaneously selling off the hedge (1.3B sold), resulting in a net long position increase of 3.35 billion dollars despite total equity of only 7.5 billion—a very aggressive deployment.

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Speaker

Bill Ackman

Evidence Quote

we've invested two billion fifty million between March 12th and March 18th or 12:30 in the stock market

Source

Bill Ackman: Dealing with Haters, My Largest Trade Ever, and Sounding the Alarm for the GovernmentThe Knowledge Project Podcast
Created: 8/10/2026, 11:24:39 PM

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