Since they are leveraged institutions (they have a small amount of capital backing lots of assets), with nowadays more or less mechanical risk-management systems that in effect force them to sell when losses mount, this probably also increases volatility.

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After graduating from MIT with a degree in mechanical engineering, Cheah added a business management certificate from Stanford, and then worked for a series of electronics and computer companies including Sun Microsystems in California.

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