bad news for Obamas next job

[rt3]

Billionaire George Soros lost nearly $1 billion after the stock market surged following Donald Trump 's unexpected Nov. 8 election victory, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The hedge-fund manager's former deputy, Stanley Druckenmiller, however, foresaw the rally and gained a sizable profit, the Journal reported, citing people close to the matter.

The sources told the Journal Soros was cautious about the market going into the election and became bearish after Trump won.

Stocks and Treasury yields jumped in the wake of Trump's victory, amid the prospects of looser regulations in certain sectors, lower tax rates, and fiscal stimulus.

Soros' hedge fund, Soros Fund Management, manages about $30 billion for Soros and his family. Soros was a supporter of Hillary Clinton's campaign.

 

[tnthomas]

Interesting. What is not readily apparent is how the "bad news" relates to Obamas next job.

Care to elaborate?

 

[rt3]

O will stay in DC selling influence (lobbying) and rebuilding Demo party for next elections. The PACs have already been set up. Not saying this is bad, thats the way the system works. Soros contributions and the way his hedge fund is set up will take a heavy hit from increasing interest rates, and choosing the "other" stocks. His money contribution to the DNC (previously Pedesta) won't be as much.

depending on how much Hills is hit on emails may limit Clinton Foundation contributions and O will have to kiss more hands and shake more babies.

What ever happened to the CEO of the Clinton Foundation that came up missin in OCT?

 

[tnthomas]

What ever happened to the CEO of the Clinton Foundation that came up missin in OCT?

I sensed a typical conspiracy "story" here, so googling for answers turns up a Snopes article:

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ORIGIN:Since at least October 2016, some social media users have been echoing the belief that former Clinton Foundation CEO Eric Braverman is missing or in peril. Braverman, an attorney, headed the foundation from 2013 until he resigned that position in 2015.
Rumors regarding his whereabouts began swirling after a leaked document published via WikiLeaks showed his name mentioned in e-mails between Clinton staffers who believed he was furtively releasing information about the foundation's financial doings:

Eric Braverman, the Clinton Foundation CEO from 2013 until 2015, has apparently been missing since October. His absence has fueled speculations in the blogosphere but so far has been ignored by the media.
Some speculate, with good reason, that Braverman may have gone into hiding after an email mentioning his name was released by Wikileaks on October 22 of this year. In the March 2015 email exchange, Center for American Progress President Neera Tanden told Clinton campaign manager and confidant John Podesta there was a mole within the Clinton Foundation. Podesta in his reply told Tanden the mole was Braverman.
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We found no evidence that Braverman is currently a missing person, nor that he has gone into hiding. The only evidence being proffered in support of this claim is the fact that Braverman has not used his Twitter account since October, but that's hardly compelling since he is an infrequent user of that social media platform:

The last evidence of Braverman’s public activity was October 12, when he posted his last tweet on Twitter. (Usually he tweets about once a month. His “husband,” Neil Brown, hasn’t tweeted since August, although he rarely tweets.) I left a voicemail on Braverman’s personal phone and sent him an email, but received no response. He is still listed as a lecturer at Yale University and, contrary to some reports, there is a record of his lectures going back several years. I contacted the press office and Braverman’s department at Yale and received no response.
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The Yale campus has been closed for the holidays, which is likely why no response was received by the writer quoted above. However, Braverman is listed by the university as teaching his "Innovation in Government and Society" class in both the Fall 2016 semester and the upcoming Spring 2017 semester. He also has an active voicemail and e-mail address at the university (but didn't respond to our messages).
New Haven, New York City and Washington D.C. police have no record of a missing person with his name, nor is Braverman listed on NamUs, a national database of missing persons maintained by the Justice Department.

The conspiracy theory that the Clintons have killed or disappeared numerous people they find politically inconvenient has been swirling for decades, but it reached a new fever pitch during the 2016 presidential election. On 24 October 2016, the conspiracy-mongering web site WhatDoesItMean.com started a false rumor claiming Braverman, an attorney and businessman, had applied for asylum in Russia after his name was revealed in a WikiLeaks dump.

 

[rt3]

ok still doesn't tell me anything, did you try to call him? not saying any of the mongering is anything but, but where is he?

 

[Warrigal]

Financial news over here is reporting a dip in the stock market after Trump's news conference.

Personally I wouldn't put too much weight in stock market fluctuations being the result of elections and press conferences. Over time, these variations tend to cancel each other and it is the long term trends that are more revealing. Even so, lots of factors influence the trends.

 

[tnthomas]

ok still doesn't tell me anything, did you try to call him? not saying any of the mongering is anything but, but where is he?

No, I did not personally try to call him. But, as the article mentioned, Braverman may have gone into hiding after an email mentioning his name was released by Wikileaks on October 22.

 

[rt3]

Financial news over here is reporting a dip in the stock market after Trump's news conference.

Personally I wouldn't put too much weight in stock market fluctuations being the result of elections and press conferences. Over time, these variations tend to cancel each other and it is the long term trends that are more revealing. Even so, lots of factors influence the trends.

not true. in a capitalist economy market conditions would dictate the prices and supply would be adjusted to demand. this would be a very efficient system. but politics drive the market. things such as which contractors will get the big government money etc.
Equity markets are leading economic indicators , the DOW about 6 months. NASDAQ about 3-4 and and currently the NASDAQ is at all time high
Soros, had he bet the other way would increased his fortune about 25%.
the ability of traders to react immediately to market fluctuation because of instance access to those markets has changed trading considerably. In fact some high vol. high frequency traders are doing it from ocean going vessels to cut down on transmissions times between international markets.

Personally i will be watching the companies and areas Obama will be talking about from a "short sales" aspect

 

[rt3]

No, I did not personally try to call him. But, as the article mentioned, Braverman may have gone into hiding after an email mentioning his name was released by Wikileaks on October 22.

was just wondering if he was still doing CEO stuff for Clinton Foundation here