Sentences with phrase «betting against the government»

By being turned over to these banks to settle their bets against the government, the IMF loan proceeds financed capital flight.

Not exact matches

Ackman's $ 20 billion Pershing Square Capital Management made a $ 1 billion short bet against Herbalife in 2012 and has seen the stock price fluctuate as other prominent investors got in and the government began investigating the company.

WisdomTree's yuan ETF is heating up as investors start making bets China's currency is heading higher against the dollar for all kinds of reasons, the latest a couple of reports suggesting the Chinese government is ready to let its currency start rising again.

And, yes I think there is an actual «end - time scenario» — not exactly sure how these creatures will play it out... but you can bet it will be through a deceitful representation of themselves as either some sort of «aliens here to help» or forcing the world to take a united stand against them — contributing to a volunteer world government.

However, I bet you'd be against a government that so stringently regulated business that rackets and frauds were far harder to commit.

So flash - forward to the present day, where the cellphones and hairdos may be smaller but Wall Street is in the news for, y ’ know, crashing the economy while betting against it then going to the government hat in hand, and now the time is right to give the clamoring masses want they've wanted for so long: a Wall Street sequel.

This is the story of how the housing market collapsed leading the government to the massive bailout that saved some of our largest financial institutions... and how a small group of people recognized what was happening and literally bet against the U.S. economy.