Sentences with phrase «also hedging their bets»

Since convincing Trump to run is still a long shot, Nojay and DiPietro are also hedging their bets.

But with the fate of the Senate uncertain, NYSUT is also hedging its bets and supporting a Republican incumbent for a competitive Hudson Valley seat, while giving maximum $ 109,000 contributions to each side of the Senate battle.

So the project is also hedging its bets by considering alternative sites.

(They also hedge their bets there, nominating her jointly for «Revolutionary Road» and «The Reader.»)

Oh, I'll also hedge my bets and try the trad route too — but not with one of the Big 5 and not with an agent who would probably fight me tooth and nail on my choice of where to send my work and then happily take their 15 % or more of what I might make.

Not exact matches

A sizable contingent of hedge fund managers are shorting Tesla, or betting that its share price will fall, including some who have also presented on stage at the Sohn Conference, including famed short - seller Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates, who has called Tesla the «anti-Amazon.»

Icahn also told CNBC on Thursday that he has made $ 1 billion on paper on his long bet on Herbalife, a company that fellow hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman bet against and recently closed his disastrous position entirely.

Glenview's Larry Robbins also lost more than $ 23 million in his hedge fund, as his pro-Obamacare bets on healthcare companies turned sour: Hospital Corporation of America (hca) stock dropped 11 %, losing him $ 127 million; and Tenet Healthcare (thc) stock plummeted 25 %, taking another $ 90 million from Glenview's portfolio.

In addition to hedging Disney's bets, Iger's comments also serve as a very obvious warning shot across the bow of cable companies and other distributors.

Druckenmiller also highlighted fellow hedge fund billionaire George Soros as his second mentor, noting that Soros taught him the importance of making just a few big bets (that is, holding concentrated positions instead of being diversified).

As a long - time advocate of passive investing in low - fee index funds (in fact, he's on his way to win a million - dollar bet on an index fund), Buffett also has some strong opinions on the value of high - fee investment structures like hedge funds and mutual funds.

As ProPublica detailed in 2010, Magnetar worked with investment banks to build CDOs that the hedge fund also bet against.

Strange to think that this board has spent a couple of years slagging Wenger for being too gung - ho and as soon as we see decent evidence that he is hedging his bets in a much more balanced and pragmatic approach he also gets hung out to dry.

We also like to know if you plan on hedging your futures bets so feel free to leave your thoughts and comments below.

Also known as hedging, placing bets on the opposite side after you have already placed a wager on one side can be used to either cut your losses, or guarantee a profit.

To hedge their bets, McMahon said lawmakers are also proposing a kind of savings account, made up of any of the extra sales tax revenue from the amphitheater, to cover any lean years at the casino.

Businessmen, who associate with any government in power, hedging their bets, protecting dubious advantages, have also been known to donate money to politicians as protection fees.

Kaminsky's committee is also a logical destination for real estate interests that might be looking to hedge their bets in case control of the Senate flips in November.

As the exact properties of the Higgs are unknown, two different designs also allows CERN to hedge its bets.

«We're trying to also start a population where one didn't exist, to hedge our bets over our success or failure in controlling lake trout in downstream waters,» says Chris Downs, the supervisory fisheries biologist and fisheries program manager in Glacier National Park.

To hedge her bets she also hires a hit man to make sure that Sailor is permanently out of the picture.

Also, this is likely my subconcsious hedging its bets so that if Boyhood or Birdman locks up the top slots, I'm in on at least one of the parties.

Our Take: It's a great cast, but it's also a Brett Ratner film, so we're hedging our bets.

The eccentrics extolled in the opening scene include Michael Burry (Christian Bale), a Northern California — based MD and money manager who invents the credit default swap in the mid-Aughts, when the film's central action kicks off; Mark Baum (Steve Carell, also hideously coiffed), an obnoxious hedge fund manager whose backstory involving a dead - by - suicide brother somehow positions him as the film's most steadfast moral compass; and Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt), a onetime trader for Chase turned secular eschatologist who advises two young, aspiring operators, Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro), how to bet against Wall Street.

Here the union is hedging its bets, trying to weaken the charter movement while also ensuring that any teachers who do slide into charter schools will remain union members.

The new Mazda3 is not only fun to drive; its high level of manoeuvrability is also the bet hedge against a collision

Instead of hedging their bets and only getting digital editions of the most popular titles (which are then always unavailable to most patrons), they can offer access to an entire library and not only allow multiple people to read the same book at once but also avoid paying for unpopular titles.

«What really triggered the trend [of manufacturers hedging their bets with Android devices by also developing Windows devices] isn't so much customer satisfaction issues as much as that $ 1 billion judgment against Samsung,» Enderle says, pointing to the sudden ramp - up of Windows Phone development by HTC and Samsung as examples.

If anything, the two industries may be converging, as we see mutual fund wraps using ETFs as the underlying investments and of course we are also seeing some mutual fund companies hedging their bets by buying into some ETF manufacturers.

The hedge funds and mutual funds from that era also enjoyed the temporary benefits of concentrating their bets on these once - hot stocks but eventually suffered great losses.

Other firms also offer bearish bets that clients can use to hedge their stock portfolios.

The Canadian dollar is also a great liquid hedge against a falling U.S. dollar — and is probably the best bet for a physical cash investment for Americans.

But John Paulson is a hedge fund manager who has shown a propensity to also focus on long / short investing and taking macro bets as well, like his foray into shorting... Continue reading

But John Paulson is a hedge fund manager who has shown a propensity to also focus on long / short investing and taking macro bets as well, like his foray into shorting subprime credit default swaps and betting big on gold.

don't misunderstand, i got burned in 2007 on a couple stocks, but could have held, and still had some cash, and also had to many eggs in the basket, so i've been forced to find a way to hedge my bets, but i refuse to give up «dreaming» of high % returns in stocks and options, so maybe eventually i'd look at the etf world, but currently that is not what i have to do.

(Alternatively, if you're trying to play Mr. Sophisticated Stock - Picker instead of just buying an index fund, you can also buy insurance through stock options: hedging your bets.

Even highly skilled and knowledgeable traders with extensive experience (not just with CFDs but also with the underlying assets of CFDs) usually only trade CFDs as one part of their investment portfolio, often to hedge their bets across a range of investment options.

Because of the nature of dog movement and fear many have of them war dogs are also less likely to be wounded as the enemy often chooses to hedge its bets and flee instead.

While the curator, Joachim Homann, and the museum are to be applauded for making this show happen, they should also be chided for appearing to hedge their bets.

Judith Curry also mentions assumptions that she's «not entirely comfortable with», and she ends up hedging her bets and saying that your qualititative conclusion seems robust, that lower ECS seems justified by the smaller - ve aerosol forcing.

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We also started investing in real estate to hedge our bets and provide another stream of income.

In some cases, companies may also be hedging their bets — if they haven't sent out an official rejection, they can still reach out to candidates in the future if a prospective hire doesn't work out after all.

But they're also hedging that bet by buying loans on properties that they would be happy owning.