From the SMH:
It may go down as one of the great currency bets in Australian dollar history – a $US1 billion gamble on a Reserve Bank rate cut that has delivered a $US19 million ($18.65m) profit in 36 hours.
The beneficiary, if you believe the rumour mill, is investment legend George Soros.
Best of all, it appears the 82-year-old American pulled off the deal three times, all with difference foreign exchange brokers in Asia, for a tidy profit of almost $US60 million.
Not bad for a bloke who, just three weeks ago, was wrongly declared dead.
