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    Who Made 1 Trillion On the Debt Downgrade?

    "A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating.

    Now questions are being asked of whether the trader had inside information before placing the $850million bet in the futures market, or if the bet happened at all.

    There were mounting rumours that investor George Soros, 80, famously known as ‘the man who broke the Bank of England’, could be involved."

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1VKiOlobX

    Stuff like this has insider trading all over it...we'll never know the truth, when that much money is involved politicians are easy to buy off.

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    Re: Who Made 1 Trillion On the Debt Downgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by conley View Post
    "A mystery investor or hedge fund reportedly made a bet of almost $1billion at odds of 10/1 last month that the U.S. would lose its AAA credit rating.

    Now questions are being asked of whether the trader had inside information before placing the $850million bet in the futures market, or if the bet happened at all.

    There were mounting rumours that investor George Soros, 80, famously known as ‘the man who broke the Bank of England’, could be involved."

    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1VKiOlobX

    Stuff like this has insider trading all over it...we'll never know the truth, when that much money is involved politicians are easy to buy off.
    I will bet some people layed bets down in Vegas on it too.....just didnt get any media attention.
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    Re: Who Made 1 Trillion On the Debt Downgrade?

    Yeah but you can bet anything in Vegas...and the limits make it barely worth it.

    Don't ask me how I know this.

    :-X

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    Re: Who Made 1 Trillion On the Debt Downgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by conley View Post
    Yeah but you can bet anything in Vegas...and the limits make it barely worth it.

    Don't ask me how I know this.

    :-X


    Whatcha talkin bout there Willis. Hustlers, Gangstas we play ruff. O0
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    Re: Who Made 1 Trillion On the Debt Downgrade?

    Roll dem bones. ^-^

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    Re: Who Made 1 Trillion On the Debt Downgrade?

    Quote Originally Posted by conley View Post
    Roll dem bones. ^-^


    I like the cards myself..... >
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