Another thread said that Soros had a huge amount of shorts on MGM, but hasn’t cashed them in yet. Probably waiting for the billions of dollars in lawsuits to hit. (I have no idea if it is true, or if it is even public knowledge of who owns what stocks.)
But - if it were true, no reason why you shouldn’t try to make a little money while you try to overthrow a country.
Alas, you have a point.
Soros funds have $42 million in puts for MGM, among hundreds of millions of dollars worth of other puts. The likely few percentage point drop in value might make one or two million dollars. That’s peanuts for Soros funds considering the risk and hassle of a shooting like this.
However, for someone not worth $20 billion, it might certainly be worth the trouble, so it’s good these trades are being looked at.