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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by adventured on Thursday May 15, 2014 @08:26PM (#7753121)
As opposed to all of the opportunists on the other side of the trade betting the currency would go the other direction and they'd profit off of that instead.
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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by ScottBurson on Friday May 16, 2014 @01:45AM (#7753947)
Except in this case there weren't any opportunists on the other side of the trade. The only entity crazy enough to take the other side was the British government. That's what made it such a sure thing.
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