You don't think the nice Mr Soros might have a personal financial interest in bank's share price dropping do you?
When a stock market pundit, wether they work for Soros, Fox News or XYZ charity publishes something about a sector - it is because their employers have an interest in it being beleived.
I think he's trying to make up for it in his philanthropy. Personally I think a thief is a thief. Robin Hood or not..
As for him stirring the pot and making a statement. It's his right to do so. He'll make money no matter what happens to the economy. Though I would suspect he'll make more if the recession continues. My guess, he knew exactly what he was doing when he made this statement.
He's questioning Soros' motives for uttering the statement, not whether the statement is correct or not.
George Soros bet the Bank of England would have to raise interest rates by sellings short several billion pounds. When the Bank of England succumbed to reality and devalued the pound, Soros profited about 10%.
He and other serious investors profit from being rational when everyone else is doing dumb things. The idea that banks are doing dumb things today should not come as a surprise and should not be much of a hard sell.
More precisely, he made about $1b on about $10b after leverage. Who knows what his leverage may have been.
Maybe he made as much as 100% return on invested capital over the week.