[bruinbirdman]

"Soros shorted the US dollar and lost a big wad of money"

I think Soros shorted the pound versus the Deutschemark, made out like a bandit, and almost bankrupted the Bank of England.

BRITISH GOVERNMENT NO MATCH FOR GEORGE SOROS. In 1992 the British pound fell ... As the pound fell the Deutschemark rose, creating huge profits for Soros. ... Scroll about 3/4 of page down.

yitbos

[nopardons]

Yes, he did just that. Soros loves to play games with the national currencies of places he doesn't particularly like.

[nopardons]

And he's also now a convicted felon, in France, of all places.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Soros was also monkeying around on the Asian markets, notably on the Hang Seng and Nikkei markets, in the 1990's, managed to drag down Asian currencies.