“Size is a double-edged sword with great advantages and disadvantages..”

—  Kenneth Griffin

Interview with Harvard Investment Magazine (Winter 2005) http://www.harvardinvestmentmagazine.org/current/griffin.htm
Response to question about managing a large hedge fund.

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