George Soros

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News and interviews on George Soros including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.

Wednesday, 27 July 2011

Soros steps back, not down

Legendary hedge fund manager George Soros is shutting his fund to outside money, but his influence will remain.

Monday, 21 March 2011

Building a portfolio philosophy

Billionaire investors like Buffett, Slim and Soros appear to have adopted a specific investment philosophy and are building their portfolios around it.

Monday, 12 July 2010

George Soros’ theory of Reflexivity

George Soros has successfully applied his reflexivity theory to equity, fixed-income and currency markets.

Friday, 11 June 2010

Which billionaire do you believe?

George Soros and Gerry Harvey have painted very different pictures of the world economy. Both cannot be ignored.

Clive Peeters to shut down six stores, George Soros warns on Act II of GFC: Economy Roundup

Clive Peeters receivers to shut down six stores, with the loss of 75 jobs, as the business is prepared for sale.

Monday, 22 February 2010

Billionaire battleground

The anticipated battle between billionaires John Pualson and George Soros over gold never eventuated - turns out they're both backing the precious metal.

Monday, 18 January 2010

How the super rich will make money in 2010

With the economy set to return to something like normal growth in 2010, there’s little doubt that Australia’s richest entrepreneurs will be looking to reclaim some lost ground.

Monday, 09 November 2009

Billionaire bets

Warren Buffett's latest billion dollar gamble - the acquisition of railroad company Burlington Northern - is just one of a slew of recent big bets by the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs.

Monday, 19 October 2009

A green investment

The wealthy seem to have an innate sense of timing when it comes to investing. So perhaps we should take note of George Soros' recent investment in clean energy.

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Fairfax appoints Roger Corbett as chairman, Banks to wind back bad debt provisions: Economy Roundup

In the US, a new survey released by the National Association of Business Economists has found that 80% of respondents believe the economy is now growing after four consecutive quarters of declines.

Monday, 05 October 2009

Rappers money-making lessons

Wealth advice sometimes comes from the most unlikely places. In this case, rapper turned business mogul, 50 Cent.

Monday, 07 September 2009

Foreign billionaires buy Australian

Having recently bought a 20% stake in Perth-based copper and gold miner Marengo Mining, George Soros is just one of a number of foreign billionaires who own stakes in Ausssie companies.

Wednesday, 02 September 2009

Billionaire George Soros buys stake in Australian mining company

One of the world’s richest and most influential investors, George Soros has purchased a 20% stake in local copper miner Marengo Mining for just over $8 million.

Monday, 17 August 2009

Time to make a deal

Judging by the level of deal-making activity in the last few weeks, Australia's wealthiest entrepreneurs seem to believe the worst is over.

Monday, 09 February 2009

The central banks of the world are all rushing out variations of the stimulus package that are designed to protect national economies from the fallout that started with the Asian crisis years ago, while hoping that small and medium enterprises will once again become the bucket into which employment generation funds may fall.

Friday, 14 November 2008

Sharemarket crash points to deep downturn: Gottliebsen

The weakness in sharemarkets here and the volatility abroad contains a nasty message for us all. Overnight it was confirmed that Germany is already in recession, the rest of Europe will surely soon follow.