Sentences with word «bets»

Over the past year, Alphabet has trimmed some of the «other bets,» leading some analysts to question the company on whether it was shedding its key talent in the process.

This past quarter the whales made a number of moves ranging from macro bets to individual stock moves and commodity plays.

«Amazon's been signaling for about one or two years that they're going to make big bets, because they can, because they've got the cash flow to do it, so that makes this less of a surprise,» said Mahaney, an analyst at RBC Capital.

And some startups are hedging their bets by using multiple cloud providers to avoid being stuck with one down the road.

And in some cases, when billionaire investors are acquiring massive multiple - quarter stakes in companies, they are granted exemptions from the Securities and Exchange Commission from including those bets in the most recent 13F.

One of the company's recent bets on innovation came in the form of its acquisition of Aurora Flight Sciences, a leader in autonomous systems and aerospace platforms.

Prince William and Kate Middleton welcomed a new baby boy on Monday, and bets are on as to what he will be named.

But for couch potato gamblers who prefer to place bets without venturing to the track or casino and without having to actually know how to gamble, Market Vectors Gaming ETF may be the answer.

In the weeks following February's 10 % correction, Goldman highlighted small - caps as one of the two best stock market bets, on an investment - factor basis.

Rather than try to time the market or buy into the newest blockchain trend, MetaStable looks closely at the real - world use cases of various digital currencies, and aims to make at least decade - long bets on the most «credible candidates,» Seims tells Fortune.

We have really, really big global investment funds making big bets on Calgary, and it would be a shame if Canadian financial institutions miss that boat because they're too nervous about the future of the community.

Schulich's big bets aren't limited to stocks.

In the fourth quarter of 2016, Alphabet's core business generated $ 26.1 billion in revenue, far eclipsing the $ 262 million its moonshots (like self - driving cars) and other bets (like home automation company Nest) generated in the same period.

He's currently using programs with eye - catching interfaces to make trades, and he's never felt that casino - like pull to increase his bets.

I think you need to think about spreading your bets and not being on just one platform — like Twitter.

They're bold bets, too.

Our management team has a good track record of making the right bets, which has led to a greater than 1,000 percent average annual growth over the past three years and enabled us to make the Inc. 500.

Every time someone bets against one of these things, inevitably they're proven wrong because of the unanticipated benefits exceeding grossly any of the downsides.

For IBM, Watson Jr. was making big bets, shifting the company from mechanical tabulating devices to a new thing called a computer.

All the entrepreneurial superstars over time, from Henry Ford to Bill Gates to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, created rapid growth for their companies by making strategic bets and investing heavily.

Sales growth remains strong in Asia and emerging markets and bets on better digital experience and direct - to - consumer sales are giving the brand a boost.

Anyone who took his advice and ignored the boomlet in bets on a Great North housing bust is better off for listening.

As of Wednesday, 39.42 million Tesla shares were borrowed for short bets, representing 31 % of the shares available for trading, according to the financial - analytics firm S3 Partners.

We think about how can we make some big bets on companies in the categories we're interested in.

Katie Rae, The Engine CEO talks about «taking bets» and opportunities in big areas of tech innovation such as aerospace, advanced materials and biotech.

Using sophisticated statistics software, Schuman has mapped out Pence's Twitter history and now exclusively bets on how often he'll tweet in a given week.

The earnings were also a test for short sellers, who had piled on record bets that Tesla's stock price will fall.

A J.P. Morgan trader known as «London Whale,» meanwhile, lost the firm $ 6.2 billion on bets in the corporate debt market in 2012.

What's more important is the type of person making leveraged bets.

I'm not sure that as a community we're embracing those sorts of large bets here in the United States.

But after the bank was embroiled in scandals over its mortgage - market bets, it embarked on a campaign to improve its image.

For his part, McIlwain suggests the company won't choose one city but rather spread its bets across multiple.

How you acted in the past is a great indicator of how you'll act in the future — and that's what your credit score bets on.

Like most VC firms, its goal is to make smart bets and earn strong returns — but that's exactly why 40 % of the portfolio companies in Aspect's first fund were led by women.

The best advice I can give you is: (a) to make small, consistent bets with people who can give you real - time feedback on exactly what's working.

LONDON, April 23 - Hamstrung by a renewed slump in volatility and lack of clear market direction, FX and bond speculators are making historically big bets on a lower dollar and higher yields.

The filings do not disclose short positions, or bets that a stock will fall.

Gold, meanwhile, hit a six - week low of $ 1,307.40 an ounce, as the dollar strength and bets on higher interest rates kept it on the slide having already gone dropped through its 100 - day moving average.

Chinese bets against the renminbi have snowballed since Beijing let it fall by 2 % against the dollar in August 2015, the first revaluation in years.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

Bets on rising crude prices are close to a near - record high,» PVM Oil Associates strategist Stephen Brennock said.

Christine Tan, chief investment officer of Excel Funds, on why she thinks the time is right to make long - term bets on developing economies

Sound Ventures managing partner Effie Epstein explained that the fund focuses primarily on seed stage through series B investments, but doesn't limit the types of companies it bets on.

«I've made some big bets this year on gold, and I'm obviously not winning and I'm getting very annoyed.

«If you make three bets and none of them work out, it's probably because you made only three,» he says.

For two reasons: (a) to avoid conflicts and different agendas or inconsistent views on how to move the business forward down the line, and (b) because, if you're all - in, the upside (if indeed there is any) is much greater than if you hedge your bets.

He and his colleagues at Edward Jones are hedging their bets, expecting at least some volatility in the likelihood that a few of Trump's economic initiatives underwhelm investors» lofty expectations.

Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

I think it gives us lattitude to go out and make big bets.»

LONDON, May 1 (Reuters)- The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. Federal Reserve will flag more interest rate hikes this week.