Sentences with phrase «bet against a firms»

This solution would lead to the binary trade being placed through a regulated exchange, rather than as a bet against a firms risk management division.

Not exact matches

Paulson & Co surged to fame a decade ago when a winning bet against the overheated housing market helped the New York - based firm pull in billions in new money to manage roughly $ 38 billion at its peak.

It amounts to a counterintuitive bet: a passive music service delivered by cable firms and operated with financial discipline can win against flashy VC - backed on - demand streaming companies.

Citron, Kickstart readers will remember, is the firm that waged a long battle against Herbalife (which it called a «ponzi scheme») and made a fortune betting against Valeant Pharmaceuticals, of whose management and accounting practices it was an early (and very loud) critic.

NEW YORK, April 3 - Investors raised their bets against Tesla Inc shares by 10 percent since mid-March on the view that the market was too optimistic on the electric car maker's prospects, financial analytics firm S3 Partners said on Tuesday.

Chanos, known for his big bet against Enron before it collapsed in 2001, said Thursday his firm has been concerned about the «rent seekers» in the U.S. health - care system who he alleges are ripping off the system.

Faced with the stock's rapid ascent, short sellers on Thursday covered $ 250 million in bets against Apple, bringing the total reduction in Apple short interest this week to $ 600 million, according to S3 Partners, a financial analytics firm.

They've grown bets against Blue Apron to $ 69.3 million this month, up 12 % since the end of September, according to data compiled by financial - analytics firm S3 Partners.

So taking angel money from a traditional venture investor is a bet on that firm funding your Series A. Unfortunately, if that doesn't work out, you're back is up against the wall.

And a vocal investment research firm that had bet against Valeant's shares published a report criticizing the company's accounting.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon spoke out quickly against the hedging / betting practices that, it appears, caused the firm's $ 2 billion (or more) loss over just a six week period.

He goes to the big banks on Wall Street, which are more than happy to take his firm's money betting against a market that they are certain is infallible.

Investors looking to short a stock will use their brokerage firm to bet against a stock expecting it to fall.

In 2007, the firm began betting against collateralized debt obligations.

Even though TCW Group says CMBS sold in 2012 and 2013 might fall as low as 20 cents on the dollar, the firm isn't betting against them because it's hard to know when the wagers might pay off.