George Soros Made A Huge Bet That Stocks Will Fall

Greg McKenna, Business Insider Australia

Aug. 15, 2014, 4:33 AM

 

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George Soros

It seems legendary hedge fund billionaire George Soros might be souring in his view on the market outlook for U.S. stocks, based on his most recent 13-F filing in the U.S., which showed a 605% increase in his short S&P 500 position (through put options on 11.29 million shares of SPDR S&P 500 ETF) to $2.2 billion.

In a 13-F filing three months ago, Soros' fund had puts on 1.6 million shares, valued at $299.264 at the time.

Even though he is still net long stocks, this took the short position (where he owns an option which will profit from a fall in stocks prices) on the S&P 500 from 2.96% of his Soros Funds Management Portfolio to a whopping 16.65%. (Hat tip to @BullionBarron for the heads up.)

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