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Billionaire George Soros Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Weeks After Trump Election

By Gregory Zuckerman and Juliet Chung, Wall Street Journal:

Billionaire hedge-fund manager George Soros lost nearly $1 billion as a result of the stock-market rally spurred by Donald Trump’s surprise presidential election.

But Stanley Druckenmiller, Soros’s former deputy who helped Soros score $1 billion of profits betting against the British pound in 1992, anticipated the market’s recent climb and racked up sizable gains, according to people close to the matter.

The divergent bets of the two traders are a stark reminder of the challenges even acclaimed investors have faced following Trump’s unexpected victory…

 

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