The men in charge of bringing in all that money spent last weekend trying to figure out
the best point spread to make the most amount of money.
Remember to shop for
the best point spread: it can add valuable percentage points to your winning percentage.
Not exact matches
Gold surges toward $ 1400 / oz, S&P 500 tumbles to 2000, 10 - year Treasury yield to 1.5 %; if credit
spreads don't crack (e.g. IBOXHYSE < 500bps) and Mexico peso finds quick low = entry
point for risk - takers (especially if Trump protectionist fears allayed); until then
best Trump trades = long gold, short EU banks, long US small - cap, short EM.
More broadly, he says that while corporate credit may benefit from aspects of tax reform (i.e.,
better earnings growth from the corporate tax cuts, modestly lower investment grade supply as repatriation becomes reality), he does not see tax cuts at this
point in the cycle as a bullish driver of credit
spreads.
The CDS on DB's subordinated debt have gone parabolic, jumping to a
spread over Treasuries of
well over 500 basis
points today.
Latin American
spreads have held steady at around 500 basis
points,
well down on their peak of around 1,000 basis
points around the time of the Argentinian and Brazilian crises; Asian
spreads are currently around 200 basis
points.
When the
spread between the 90 - day and 10 - year Treasury yield is 121 basis
points or more, the stock market does much
better than when it's 120 basis
points or less.
Buttressed by such a phalanx of support Leo XIII ended his encyclical with a ringing exhortation, «We exhort you, Venerable Brethren, in all earnestness to restore the golden wisdom of St. Thomas, and to
spread it far and wide for the defence and beauty of the Catholic faith, for the
good of society, and for the advantage of all the sciences» [6] It was an exhortation that was welcomed and followed by many in the Church so that it has been written «We are accustomed to consider Saint Thomas, Thomism, and Aristotelianism as the predominant
points of orientation and the most favourable to the Church.»
Its a
good and bad thng as they have made there
point known,
spread its message, and stayed longer then expected... but now they are becoming a mob instead of a peaceful movement.
They — or perhaps I should say we, since I am one of them — are in some ways like a church: there is a commitment to meeting regularly, repeated resolution of differences, a strong desire to
spread the
good news and a determination to
point the community in the direction of genuine hope.
If Christians don't believe that Jesus died for All men's sins (including that of un-believers) then there is not much
point believing or
spreading the
Good news message.
In Neil's case, it
points to a true emptiness that can only
spread death, while the priest's apparent emptiness witnesses to a fullness that
wells up like a spring overtaking him.
1) Pre-heat oven to 300 deg Fahrenheit (150 deg cel) 2) Line one large baking sheet (0r two medium baking sheets) with parchment paper 3) In a large bowl, combine the oats, chia seeds, flax seeds, raisins, almonds and other nuts, and mix
well 4) In a smaller bowl, whisk together the honey, light brown sugar, melted butter and cinnamon until smooth and sugar has dissolved 5) Pour the honey mixture over the dry ingredients and stir
well until you get a homogeneous mixture 6) Pour the mixture over the baking sheets and
spread evenly with a spatula, then season lightly with sea salt 7) Bake for 15 minutes, then stir the granola gently (to make sure all sides are cooked) 8) At this
point, you may need to switch the baking sheets (if you are using 2) so the granola cooks evenly 9) Bake for another 15 minutes, then stir again, before cooking for a final 15 minutes or until golden brown 10) Remove granola from the oven and place on cooking racks until completely cool and crisp 11) Store granola in air - tight containers at room temperature.
Case in
point: this sandwich
spread, which is easily the
best vegan pimento cheese that I've ever had.
Every now and then the roasting flesh would be turned over with long oak sticks sharpened smoothly to a
point at one end, which answered the place of forks; deep and long incisions would be made in the barbecuing meat, and with the swab a
good basting of the mixed condiments from the bowl would be
spread over; the process of turning the roasting flesh over the glowing red coals and basting with the seasoning continued till the meat was thought to be thoroughly done.
And they frequently do because they
better team is only interested in winning and reducing the risk of injury, not covering the
point spread.
The
best - value bets can often be found by going against these teams because the oddsmakers adjust the line to reflect the expected weight of public money; so that the underdog is often quested at
better odds or receives a larger
point spread than is warranted.
Simply picking up that extra half -
point can help increase your winning percentage by two percent, but shopping for the
best line isn't limited to simply betting
spreads.
Talent is
spread throughout this team as
well (a theme across the board), with 8 of 9 players scoring at least 5
points, 6 of which hit a three.
Boston was a two -
point underdog, meaning they covered the
spread as
well, but how have home teams done historically?
Although Ryan Tannehill played very
well at times last season and is considered to be worth 2 - 3
points to the
spread, Matt Moore isn't too far behind him.
The
best play - callers in the league can be worth up to 7.5
points to the
spread and if God forbid they miss a game, their teams can go from favorite to underdog in a heartbeat.
A two - year study on NBA
point spreads concluded that games fall within.5
points of the
spread 5.5 % of the time, which is why shopping for the
best line is crucial to the smart sports investor.
Despite unranked Mississippi State owning the 17th
best scoring defense in the country, nine out of ten
spread bets are confident in # 6 Arkansas winning by at least 14
points in Little Rock in front of their home crowd, especially after coming off a 49 - 7 blowout of Tennessee last week.
However, the big surprise was how
well Christian Ponder played against the vaunted Packers D. With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take away a big
point from the visiting Vikings, six out of 10
spread wagers are banking on Newton to lead Carolina to a four
point or more victory at home.
In eight of the past nine years, the winner of the big game has covered the
point spread anyway, so there is a very
good chance that will happen again here regardless of the closing number.
As much as fans would love for the team to double - dip at a position, and as much as it would help the OL, I think they'll continue
spreading around the picks, because its worked out pretty
well for them to this
point.
The great thing about a
good exchange is that the bid - ask
spreads sometimes become 1
point apart -LRB--130 / +129)!
Underdogs perform
better in low - scoring games because it makes each
point on the
spread more valuable
That's not even necessarily a bad thing, seeing as ranked teams perform
better against the
spread early in the season than at any other
point.
This reverse line movement is an indicator that sharp bettors have essentially «sold on
good news» by allowing the sports media to pump up the perception of Wichita State among fans and recreational bettors, then buying back the inflated
point -
spread value with Dayton.
According to Nick Bogdanovich, the Director of Trading here at William Hill, Andrew Luck is worth «5.5 [
points] on his
best day for the Colts against the
spread.»
Been
better the ML with
spreads under 3 for years but with moving the EX
point back it's going to take a few years to see if it's still profitable.
At this
point in the year, the
best performing teams ATS (Against The
Spread) can be viewed as «overachievers» since they're continually performing
well regardless of the line that sportsbooks are posting.
Conversely, a 10 -
point win would cover the 7.5 -
point spread, indicating that San Diego outperformed expectations and «played
well» against Jacksonville.
With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a valuable half
point away from home dog UCLA, more than eight out of ten
spread bets are confident that
well - rounded Arizona State can pin a 10
point or more loss on the 4 - 4 Bruins in this Pac - 12 showdown.
All year we've been highlighting the success of big NCAAF underdogs — teams getting more than 30
points on the
spread have gone 57 - 21 ATS, an astounding 73 % cover rate and
good for more than +30...
Sports that primarily use moneylines, such as baseball and hockey (as opposed to sports like football and basketball, which use
point spreads) often create debates about which strategy is
best.
Some big underdogs were looking
good but couldn't pull off the miracles: Nicholls St (+53
spread, 1500:1 moneyline) lost by just 2
points at UGA....
Meanwhile our betting system — which focused on
well rested road teams against ranked opponents — improved to 85 - 51 ATS as Miami (+9) lost to Florida State by just 5 -
points to cover the
spread.
The Cardinals, who now have the fourth
best odds (+1150) of winning the Super Bowl, opened as 6.5 -
point favorites and have received 89 % of
spread bets.
And when you take the
spread out of consideration, only the Warriors have a
better second - half
point differential than Boston.
Interestingly, 69 % of
spread bettors have laid the
points with the Ducks, yet the reverse - line movement continues to indicate that early sharp money has showed up to take the Buckeyes at +7 and now at some +6.5's at
well.
While bettors can actually find
spreads that are a full
point better than +3, no prominent offshore oddsmakers are still offering a total of 194.
After examining Bet Labs» «
Spread Range» filter, we quickly discovered that favorites of -3.5 or greater (or teams expected to be more than a field goal
better than opponents) have posted a record of 42 - 22 (65.6 %) ATS and cover by an average of 3.25
points.
I then analyzed favorites at the -3 and -7
point -
spread levels to see how teams perform against the
spread (ATS) as they get
better (or are expected to be
better) than their opponents.
With that said... I say: If Vegas «pre-paid» a Kansas St. lay - off early in the line... (pre-paid layoffs don't have to go to the action - favourite, only a line shift needs to be anticipated with intention of middling the layoff and the action)... then they will have bought x amount of Kansas WTS units at +9.5 in anticipation of selling x amount of units at +7.5 in attempts to middle a 8 - 9
point spread where they'd win the action as
well as the layoff.
Two of yesterday's games came within one or fewer
points of the
spread, proving once again how imperative it is to lay a wager on the
best line available.
Interestingly, two games landed right on the
point spread (and were a «push»), showing the importance of shopping for the
best line.
At the time of this article, if you shop around for the
best line, the latest lines at public books such as Bodog has the
best odds associated with that
point spread.