: Baupost trimmed its historically high cash holdings to roughly
A history of finding value in bankruptcies or complex restructurings, such as the 2008 CIT Group bonds.
Even without access to the full PDF, the themes of Klarman’s 2024 letter offer valuable lessons for individual investors:
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“We truly don‘t care,” Klarman wrote when asked about potentially missing the market rally. “We’re not going to fall into the trap of trying to outsmart others with clever short-term trading” . For long-term investors, this perspective remains the hardest — and most valuable — lesson of all.
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While private credit boomed in 2024, Klarman warns that many non-bank lenders have underwriting standards that are too loose. Baupost is waiting for defaults to rise before aggressively deploying capital here. 3. Macroeconomic Headwinds and Geopolitical Risk
On the sell side, Baupost exited or meaningfully reduced several positions: