+Economy & Policy | 1335 days ago

Was Rainwater’s big oil bet in the bag all along, thanks to George Bush?

By wpcomimportuser1

A reader from Texas writes, apropos of my column about Richard Rainwater’s decision to cash in his big bet on rising oil prices: My guess is Rainwater has always known how his $300m bet was going to turn into $3.5billion. Not because he’s the greatest investor or speculator of all time. He has no crystal [...]