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Silver Thursday — The Hunt Brothers Built the Perfect Trap and Walked Into It

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Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1980/03/28/archives/silver-prices-plunge-on-heavy-selling.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/26/business/bunker-hunt-files-for-bankruptcy.html; https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/21/business/hunt-brothers-found-liable.html

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