Traders Stunned by Election Surprises From Mexico to India
(Bloomberg) -- Early Monday morning, one of the world’s most profitable currency trades unraveled, done in by a twist in Mexican elections few saw coming. Twenty hours later, investors in India started frantically dumping stocks, triggering a one-day, $386 billion wipeout, when they realized they had badly miscalculated the scope of Narendra Modi’s election victory.Most Read from BloombergBehind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game FlopReal Estate Investors Are Wiped Out in Bets Fueled