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George Soros Reflexive Macro Portfolio

A discretionary global macro portfolio built around reflexivity, currencies, rates, leverage, timing and asymmetric trades.

Asset allocation

Currency Macro Trades
30%
Rates & Sovereign Bonds
25%
Global Equity Shorts/Longs
20%
Commodities & Crisis Hedges
15%
Cash & Margin Liquidity
10%

History

George Soros became one of the best-known macro investors through the Quantum Fund and famous currency trades such as the 1992 bet against sterling. His framework of reflexivity emphasizes that market prices and fundamentals can influence each other, creating self-reinforcing booms and busts. The portfolio is not tied to one asset class; it moves across currencies, bonds, equities and commodities when the macro setup offers asymmetric payoff.

Philosophy

This is an adaptive macro portfolio. The edge is not static diversification but diagnosis: identify unstable narratives, policy constraints, crowding and feedback loops, then size trades where downside is controlled and upside is convex. It requires judgment, risk control and willingness to be wrong quickly. Without skill, leverage and macro timing become dangerous rather than protective.

Performance

How this allocation behaved across modern markets

Annual rebalancing, local bond and cash proxies where relevant, and optional inflation adjustment through CPI.

Open full performance view
1970-2024Log scale
41.0x16.5x6.67x2.69x1.09x19701984199720112024

CAGR

7.0%

1970-2024

Max drawdown

-9.5%

Volatility

5.7%

Worst year

-9.5%

2008

Implementation

Local products and proxies

Global · George Soros Reflexive Macro Portfolio implementation

Long-term individual investor

Use broad, low-cost funds or ETFs matching each asset class.

Account notes: Implementation depends on local account types and tax wrappers.

Costs: Prefer low-cost, liquid vehicles.

Rebalancing: Annual rebalancing or tolerance bands.

Tax: Country-specific tax treatment should be reviewed before implementation.

Product names are implementation examples for research. Availability, taxation, share classes and suitability should be checked with the investor's broker and tax situation.

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