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No! George Soros Is Not Betting On the Apocalypse

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Mark Melin
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George Soros has nearly doubled his negative bet on the S&P 500, tallying nearly 4 million put options of exposure as of the end of March, regulatory disclosures show. But don’t let the bearish stance in an individual exposure fool you. Soros might not be betting on the apocalypse as much as fine tuning market environment-based modeling allocations.

Also see top hedge fund letters and our 13F summary

As you can see from the screenshot below this issue comes up literally every single quarter after Soros files his 13f and we are not mocking or making fun of any of the outlets mentioned.

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.