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According to the insurer's 2017 annual report, it had just under $5 billion of net par exposure to Puerto Rico paper, including $1.5 billion to the island's General Obligation bonds, as of Dec. 31, 2017.
"Puerto Rico is the wild card in the AGO story," he said. "The population is no longer growing."
He estimates Assured Guaranty has roughly $2.8 billion of "implied loss" due to its Puerto Rico exposure, according to one of his analyses.
"If you think Puerto Rico's bonds are worth 80 cents, buy them and sell AGO, that's what we did as a hedge," Einhorn said.