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SixSigma on May 16, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: The Trade of the Century: When George Soros Broke ...

Except it was the BoE that was selling lemons. Sorros knew they were and exchanged them for oranges while he could.

ZenPro on May 16, 2014 | [–]

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.

SixSigma on May 17, 2014 | | [–]

Fellow Brit

Some think the gold selloff was an under the radar bailout

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

ZenPro on May 17, 2014 | | | [–]

Great link.

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