Sentences with phrase «asymmetric bets»

Think about some of the «greatest trades ever `, most were asymmetric bets in terms of risk / reward.

Klarman is talking about asymmetric bets — where the upside is higher than the downside — that arise from inefficiencies in the market.

In other words, Klarman makes asymmetric bets, where the down side is much less than the upside potential.

We can get into a long discussion about this, but there is one simply way that macro funds (including Bridgewater) can (and do) perform: finding asymmetric bets.

«We're trying to create a portfolio of highly skewed favorable risk / return opportunities, focusing on situations that have upside potential that is at least three times the downside... It's all about setting up those asymmetric bets and getting more of them right than wrong.»

These asymmetric bets hone in on the price of your investment.

This is called an asymmetric bet, where your downside is much less than your upside.