Somewhere in midtown Manhattan, an 82-year-old man is wistfully gazing out the window, remembering when he was young (younger, anyway) and brash and really ruined Nigella Lawson’s father’s day.
Now, $1 billion doesn’t mean as much as it did in 1992. But we think George Soros can be forgiven a moment of self-satisfaction in this twilight triumph.
George Soros, who made a fortune shorting the British pound in the 1990s, has scored gains of almost $1 billion on the trade since November, according to people with knowledge of the firm’s positions. Others reaping big trading profits by riding the yen down include David Einhorn’s Greenlight Capital, Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC and Kyle Bass’s Hayman Capital Management LP, investors say….
Investors began jumping into the trade late last year, ahead of the election of Shinzo Abe as Japan’s prime minister. When Mr. Abe and others were unusually open in their rhetoric about driving down the currency, traders added to their positions, helping the yen weaken. Soon, salespeople and traders at banks were telling hedge funds and other investors that the time was right to make big bets against the yen.
Mr. Abe’s election, and the selling by hedge funds, had a big impact. On Wednesday, the dollar bought about 93 yen, from about 79 yen in mid-November. “It’s a bet on Abe-nomics” someone close to the Soros firm says….
Few investors, though, have made as much money as Mr. Soros. The 82-year-old investor’s $24 billion Soros Fund Management has made close to $1 billion of paper profits since mid-November wagering on yen weakness, according to people close to the matter.
another pointless piece by shazar. reposting a WSJ bit.
come up with something smart/witty/funny like Bess or decent financial analysis and great charts like Matt .
what the fuck do we need this shit for?
Exactly, could easily be Opening or Closing Bell material.
Soros speculating on Asian currencies is the OKI (old killin' it)
Every day I hope that yesterday was Shazar's last day at DB, but then he copies and pastes another WSJ article with some shitty commentary, and I die a little more on the inside.
Dear Jon
In the past I pictured you as a 7ft tall faceless automaton, but I was inaccurate. In fact we're the same height. Same height bros for life, Jon.
And his name was Zach Shazouwe…..
Something about "tossing salad" and Soros…
- Lazy Adrianna Ferreyr
This piece is worthless
Bereft of knowledge and wit
Shazar has no brain
Thank for the parenthetical, would have been completely lost without it.
Please don't mention the organ housed inside the cranium.
Shazar hoped he could work his own salad (tossing) days into this 'story'.