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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by SixSigma on Friday May 16, 2014 @04:22AM (#7754386)
Except it was the BoE that was selling lemons. Sorros knew they were and exchanged them for oranges while he could.
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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by ZenPro on Friday May 16, 2014 @02:19PM (#7756960)
As a Brit, this comment made me smile because of how accurate it was.

Black Wednesday was probably topped only by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sale_of_UK_gold_reserves,_1999%... in the buffoonery stakes.

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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by SixSigma on Saturday May 17, 2014 @02:46AM (#7759426)
Fellow Brit

Some think the gold selloff was an under the radar bailout

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/finance/thomaspascoe/100018367/...

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Re:The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke the Bri... by ZenPro on Saturday May 17, 2014 @07:13AM (#7759841)
Great link.
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