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title: "Billionaire Bill Ackman’s new fund is tanking while the S&P 500 hits a record high — he calls it 'absurd,' but what’s really gone wrong?"
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# Billionaire Bill Ackman’s new fund is tanking while the S&P 500 hits a record high — he calls it 'absurd,' but what’s really gone wrong?

Despite a green year in the stock market, Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square USA keeps plunging. Find out why Ackman’s closed-end fund can’t seem to catch a break.

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