But the latest move by globe trotting, hyper-liberal billionaire George Soros borders on being too much. According to papers filed with the SEC, in the fourth quarter of 2006 Soros purchased nearly 2 million shares of ... hold your breath ... Halliburton. The Halliburton shares reportedly went for an average purchase price of $31.30 a share. That puts Soros' total investment in Halliburton at around $62.6 million, or about 2 percent of his total portfolio.

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Soros was recently thashing iraq war after years of supporting it and ouster of Saddam's regime. Did he do that to drive down the price of Haliburton shares? He is a master manipulator so nothing can be discounted . Will he now turn more hawkish seeking escalation in Afghanistan and Iraq with the new front in Iran among others