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Brexit surprises hedge fund veterans used to winning

George Soros, among other veterans, got it all wrong.

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Published Tue, Jun 28, 2016 · 09:50 PM

    New York

    EVEN some of the smartest guys in the room got this one wrong.

    The billionaire hedge fund manager Leon Cooperman told an audience of Wall Street insiders on Wednesday that there was a 70 per cent probability that Britain would stay inside the European Union. "I don't worry about Brexit," he added.

    Brexit

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