George Soros' $2.0 billion Bet on A Stock Market Collapse

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Sep 04, 2014

George Soros' (Trades, Portfolio) company, Soros Fund Management, has increased its bear call bet or Hedging is portfolio through the S&P 500 ETF(SPY, Financial). Soros Fund Management put options on the (SPY) ETF has increased a wopping 605% from the previous quarter. The man who broke the bank of England in 1992 when he shorted the British pound for a net gain of $2 billion. He forced the bank of England to devalued the currency.

George Soros' (Trades, Portfolio) put option (SPY, Financial) ETF

Soros Fund Management put options on the (SPY, Financial) ETF is now the largest holding in the company's portfolio. Soros Management increased the company's put position from 1.6 million to 11.29 million, that equivalent of going from $299 million to $2.2 billion in notional value. Normally, a large investment firm will place hedge positions whether long or short to mitigate risk. But the 605% increase from the previous quarter and total position is the largest in Soros' portfolio. The put position went from 3.0% of the portfolio to 16.7% of the portfolio over the previous quarter. That massive jump from one quarter to the next clearly shows that George Soros is making a bearish call on the S&P 500 by using put options. Soros Fund Management alson increased the firms S&P 500 ETF (SPY) calls to 2.1 million share, to now 3.1% of the portfolio. That up from the previous quarter of 0.7% or a 405% increased over one quarter. A 605% increase his is put position and a 405% on is call position in just one quarter, kinda says that George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) is making a bearish bet against the market with a small hedge as well. Soros did add to is positions in Facebook (FB, Financial) and Apple (AAPL, Financial) from the previous quarter including adding a 185 new positions as well.

Increasing his holdings In gold companies

He also doubled down on gold mining ETF and added plenty of gold-based companies to his portfolio. Soros' position in the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX, Financial) increased from 1.16 million in the first quarter to 2.05 million now, now stands at $54 million.

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S&P 500 Overvalued or Not?

  • Trading at all-time highs
  • Historic average P/E 15.15 and currently trading at 19x earnings.
  • Is 22.3% overvalued based on its 134 year historic average of 15x?
  • Based on CAPE the S&P 500 is selling at 26.11x earnings.
  • CAPE 134 Average is 16x earnings, that means the S&P 500 is overvalued by 57%.
  • S&P dividend yield is currently 1.85% and its 134 year historic average is 4.32%

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It clear that the S&P 500 is over valued and that its also clear based on George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) actions in his portfolio from put option to increasing is gold company holds that he going bearish. Soros is legendary for his bearish calls and backing those calls with his money and reaping massive financial rewards from it. Is George Soros (Trades, Portfolio) Hedging his portfolio as some in the financial media is saying or is he setting up for massive profits from betting against the marketl?

George Soros Full Second Quater 13F Filing

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 13F

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COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 COLUMN 4 COLUMN 5 COLUMN 6 COLUMN 7 COLUMN 8
VALUE SHRS OR SH/ PUT/ INVESTMENT OTHER VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CLASS CUSIP (x$1000) PRN AMT PRN CALL DISCRETION MANAGER SOLE SHARED NONE
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PDC ENERGY INC COM 69327R101 34,575 547,501 SH SOLE 1 547,501 0 0
PMFG INC COM 69345P103 114 21,700 SH SOLE 1 21,700 0 0
PENN VA CORP COM 707882106 101,760 6,003,509 SH SOLE 1 6,003,509 0 0
PENN VA CORP COM 707882106 4,238 250,000 SH Call SOLE 1 250,000 0 0
PENNANTPARK FLOATING RATE CA COM 70806A106 183 12,800 SH SOLE 1 12,800 0 0
PENNANTPARK INVT CORP COM 708062104 489 42,700 SH SOLE 1 42,700 0 0
PENNYMAC FINL SVCS INC CL A 70932B101 2,846 187,382 SH SOLE 1 187,382 0 0
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 22,230 248,826 SH SOLE 1 248,826 0 0
PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA PETRO SPONSORED ADR 71654V408 35,697 2,440,000 SH Call SOLE 1 2,440,000 0 0
PHIBRO ANIMAL HEALTH CORP CL A COM 71742Q106 7,309 333,000 SH SOLE 1 333,000 0 0
PHILLIPS 66 COM 718546104 99,316 1,234,822 SH SOLE 1 1,234,822 0 0
PIONEER NAT RES CO COM 723787107 21,616 94,059 SH SOLE 1 94,059 0 0
PLY GEM HLDGS INC COM 72941W100 1,166 115,461 SH SOLE 1 115,461 0 0
POLYCOM INC COM 73172K104 137,919 11,007,120 SH SOLE 1 11,007,120 0 0
POPEYES LA KITCHEN INC COM 732872106 18,794 429,959 SH SOLE 1 429,959 0 0
PROSPECT CAPITAL CORPORATION COM 74348T102 443 41,700 SH SOLE 1 41,700 0 0
PRUDENTIAL FINL INC COM 744320102 2,663 30,000 SH SOLE 1 30,000 0 0
QUANTUM CORP NOTE 3.500%11/1 747906AG0 130,980 130,980,000 PRN SOLE 1 130,980,000 0 0
RF MICRODEVICES INC COM 749941100 16,942 1,766,666 SH SOLE 1 1,766,666 0 0
RACKSPACE HOSTING INC COM 750086100 8,920 265,000 SH SOLE 1 265,000 0 0
RADIAN GROUP INC COM 750236101 17,508 1,182,143 SH SOLE 1 1,182,143 0 0
RADIOSHACK CORP COM 750438103 137 137,900 SH SOLE 1 137,900 0 0
RADISYS CORP COM 750459109 53 15,296 SH SOLE 1 15,296 0 0
RED HAT INC COM 756577102 9,189 166,250 SH SOLE 1 166,250 0 0
REGIONS FINL CORP NEW COM 7591EP100 10,241 964,300 SH SOLE 1 964,300 0 0
RETAILMENOT INC COM SER 1 76132B106 34,280 1,288,236 SH SOLE 1 1,288,236 0 0
RITE AID CORP COM 767754104 16,491 2,300,000 SH SOLE 1 2,300,000 0 0
ROCK CREEK PHARMACEUTICALS I COM 772081105 52 87,800 SH SOLE 1 87,800 0 0
ROVI CORP NOTE 2.625% 2/1 779376AB8 220,563 217,437,000 PRN SOLE 1 217,437,000<