Sentences with phrase «betting against the house»

Among the others who could be out big bucks are the funds of John Paulson, who made billions betting against the housing market, and activist investor Jeff Ubben, whose ValueAct fund had been selling shares of Valeant this year but still owned nearly 15 million shares of the company as of the middle of 2015.

You are betting against the house.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's husband bet against housing stocks during the collapse of the real - estate market.

While the real - estate market was collapsing, the husband of Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand made a large number of bearish bets against housing stocks, an analysis of congressional disclosure reports shows.

He devises a way to bet against the housing market, to buy subprime mortgages to sell short.

Having said that, we're loath to bet against the house.

Eventually, Mark Baum (an excellent Steve Carell, playing the only man of the bunch who confronts a moral crisis when faced with the prospect of making millions of dollars off the pain and suffering of millions of people), a walking B.S. detector who is still grieving the recent suicide of his brother, and a pair of independent brokers named Charlie Geller (John Magaro) and Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) get involved in their own bets against the housing market.

Now John Paulson got really amped up about profiting from this bubble and issued a second fund witch also bet against the housing market.

The WSJ has an article Profiting from the crash excerpting parts of the Gregory Zuckerman book The Greatest Trade Ever about John Paulson's infamous bet against the housing market: By early 2...

This is contributing to all of us going down the tubes together as a result of global warming skeptics and deniers who are playing around with the well known casino rule of «gambler's ruin» by always betting against the house.

Dr. Mark Burry bet against the housing market in the US in 2005.

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.

But here's the real problem with Buffett's advice on betting against the dollar: you have to buy a house, or own one.

The Play: After a private meeting with Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary John Paulson on the impending financial crisis on September 16, 2008, Bachus — then the Ranking Member on the House Financial Services Committee — bet against the stock market, netting himself tens of thousands of dollars.

Some investors, recalling how a few bold hedge funds became rich and famous by betting against the U.S. housing market, now are attempting to repeat the trick in Canada.

He shot to fame for his lucrative bet against subprime housing ahead of the global financial crisis in 2008.

Utilizing the advantages of its peer - to - peer architecture, Ethbet is able to offer lower fees to its players, as they bet against each other instead of against a house.

Eisman, whose bet against the subprime lending market prior to the housing collapse was depicted in the 2015 movie, said the slowdown in lending to small businesses also is not related to Dodd - Frank.

He is only saying it for the vote, I'd be willing you bet the house that he is still against gay marriage.

I seen a Nigerian Gooner losing his house for real when he bet against a Manu fan, and I actually think Arsenal getting beat by that lot hurt worse than him losing his house.

Betting against the public typically ensures that you're on the same side as the house and has been a historically profitable strategy across all six major US sports.

After pulling 33 percent in the Democratic primary against a sitting governor just two years ago, Teachout seems a good bet to get the House nomination now — and a real threat to win even a Republican - leaning district in a presidential election year.

Dr. Michael Burry (Christian Bale) was the first man to predict the housing market would collapse and instead of going to the public with the information, he instead bet against the banks.

It focuses on the men who predicted the housing crash of 2008 and so betted against Wall Street, making money along the way.

No one believed him, he didn't care, so he bought stock, betting against the bank and housing market.

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.

Paulson became world - famous in 2007 by shorting the US housing market, as he foresaw the subprime mortgage crisis and bet against mortgage backed securities by investing in credit default swaps.

Since traders are betting against each other rather than the house, Daweda Exchange is a neutral party.

Among the resort's main attractions is the in - house Oracle Casino offering various table games, a pasta & grill restaurant, and a bar - your best bet against boredom!

And finally, «Wette Gegen Sich Selbst» which translates to «A Bet Against Oneself» is a self - defeating mirror structure that would be a perfect addition to the private collection of the current occupant of the White House.

In outspending the party machinery, the Koch network is hedging their bets against the fact that the public wants action on climate while providing a major incentive to candidates and congressional allies to not only hold the line on climate denial but hamper any actions or proposals coming out of the EPA or the White House.