Sentences with phrase «hedge their bets at»

«They haven't figured out where the party is, and they are hedging their bets at this point and being cautious about what they say, because if they say something positive they'll sound like they're committing themselves in a certain direction.»

As of yet at least (we've all learned to hedge our bets at this point), Franken hasn't been accused by 19 women (and counting) of everything from sexual assault to repeatedly barging into to beauty pageant dressing rooms and bragging about sexually assaulting women.

Coined in April of last year by critic Walter Robinson and echoed by our own Jerry Saltz, the term refers to a loose, gormless, novelty - seeking form of abstract painting that hedges every bet at relevance.

Not exact matches

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.

Instead of hedging away from gas, as TransCanada and many other companies appear to be doing, it's a bet that gas will play a much bigger role in our energy future, probably at the expense of oil.

A sizable contingent of hedge fund managers are shorting Tesla, or betting that its share price will fall, including some who have also presented on stage at the Sohn Conference, including famed short - seller Jim Chanos of Kynikos Associates, who has called Tesla the «anti-Amazon.»

At the stock's current levels, it would need to crash more than 50 % in order for the hedge fund investor to make any money on the bet.

For traders at a little - known Denver hedge fund who saw it coming, it was the score of a lifetime — a $ 17.5 million payday on a $ 200,000 bet.

New alliances and investments show how the industry is evolving, or at least hedging its bets, Curbed reports.

Chanos said that he pegs those losses through long bets on Valeant at $ 40 billion, representing «the largest single security loss hedge funds have incurred, greater than Lehman, Enron, AIG.»

If you're a fan of a team with a fringe chance of making the playoffs, consider the prudent thought of placing an emotional hedge bet, so that if your postseason hopes crash and burn on Sunday you'll at least make a profit off of your misery.

But others who've worked with the Pakistanis fear coercion could backfire at a time they're hedging their bets, unsure America will win in Afghanistan.

Buffett, a billionaire investor and outspoken critic of fund managers who profit from high fees at the expense of their clients, bet in 2007 that a Vanguard S&P 500 index fund would beat five funds of hedge funds selected by Protégé Partners over the next 10 years.

And earlier this year, The New York Times published a profile on James Passin, a hedge fund manager at Firebird Management, who is trying to bet on the country.

Tim Hortons Inc. investors are betting Highfields Capital Management LP will spark an extended rally as the hedge fund demands higher payouts and an end to a struggling U.S. expansion at Canada's largest coffee and doughnuts chain.

After working briefly at Warburg Pincus, the private equity firm that owned an equity stake in Mattel, and at Island Records, where he was director of corporate development, he joined Lafer Equity Investors, a New York hedge fund, where he learned the «craft» of risk arbitrage — betting on the outcome of mergers and acquisitions and other «event driven» opportunities.

Were it not for reporters at Bloomberg News and the Wall Street Journal, who were tipped off by hedge funds that were being whipsawed in the market by JPMorgan's outsized bets, the losses might not have come to light until it was too late.

Nearly a decade ago, Warren Buffett made a million - dollar bet: that by investing in a completely unmanaged, broad - market low - fee index fund, he could beat the gains earned by a high - powered hedge fund with a team of managers at the helm.

«Hedging ensures you're making one clean bet at a time,» said Dan Egan, director of behavioral finance and investment for Betterment Advisors.

In our Hedge Fund Wisdom premium newsletter, we outlined the investment thesis on AIG as Berkowitz has pressed his bet there and it is by far his largest position at over 20 % of his portfolio.

«If you have two working spouses, if at least one of them can wait it is a great way to hedge your bets,» she says.

«at least the atheist was honest with himself, whee - ras you were only pretending to believe just to hedge yor bets.»

You can not find salvation at deaths door without really believeing to start with otherwise you are just trying to hedge your bets and if GOD does exist do you really think he'll fall for that one?

fred The Bible said that at a time when the world's human population was only in the millions, and disease generally prevented about 30 % of all children from reaching adulthood, so having large families was a way of hedging your bet.

For us at Hey Tucker, though, we're hedging our bets and jumping ship to the new kid on the block.

Some hedge funds are betting on the step - up hurdle payments being triggered with some buying at prices around $ 9.20 a share on Monday.

I have already wagered substantial money at reducing odds (from 9/2 and falling way down) and thus been able to hedge these bets to ensure a profit whatever happens.

Mertesacker, much to many's disappointment I'm sure, is pretty bullet proof injury wise so I expect Wenger to hedge his bets and go more for a Kos type stand - in, if indeed he goes for any one at all.

Are you hedging any of your future Stanley Cup bets at this point?

It's hard to talk specific numbers without actually being in the know, but I can only assume nobody was willing to pay a fee Porto considered fair last summer — everybody thought Wolves got a steal when it was announced because surely somebody else would have paid at least # 25M or # 30M or whatever, but the only real leap you can make from that is that whatever Porto believe his real value is wasn't met and that going this route hedges their bet.

I still feel pretty good about my Costa Rica bet to win it all at +725 odds, and probably won't hedge if they reach the final.

However, even if Seattle wins in overtime or PKs, you've at least hedged your original Toronto +1900 bet with no risk.

Democrats are telling people to expect a Democratic majority, but some in labor at least, appear to be hedging their bets.

Michael McKee, treasurer of Tenants PAC, which supports Democratic candidates, told Politico that real estate groups would, at most, «hedge their bets.»

Harry Wilson, who leads the auto deals and diligence team, used to be a partner at hedge fund firm Silver Point Capital before, according to two sources, he was forced out last year following a string of bad bets that triggered significant losses for the fund.

Now they let me when I hedged their bets and and throw a little money mark's way it's like think it's it's yet however you look at it it's not a bad thing for march.

And at least he was brave enough to put his neck on the line, unlike many other agency bosses who preferred to play it safe and hedge their bets.

The contributions aren't being directed at swing districts, but the checking writing suggests 1199 is at least hedging their bets with majority control of the chamber up in the air.

To hedge their bets, McMahon said lawmakers are also proposing a kind of savings account, made up of any of the extra sales tax revenue from the amphitheater, to cover any lean years at the casino.

Now that Labour appears to have come down firmly on the side of a softer Brexit, after months of hedging its bets, there's a renewed focus at Westminster on whether Tory rebels can defeat Theresa May and keep the UK in the customs union.

And this idea... fits perfectly into what they're skilled at, and it really hedges the bets against becoming irrelevant.

Carter, a biologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Gamboa, believes it's about hedging your bets.

Companies prefer to hedge their bets on vaccines that show at least a 70 percent effectiveness rate, Fauci noted at the briefing.

In the second paper, a collaboration with Ariel Weinberger, PhD, from the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, the investigators used the financial theory of «bet - hedging» to explain why HIV might have evolved a hardwired latency program.

This is not a stockmarket, so try to avoid the tendency of hedging your bets by running with multiple dates at once.

Also, this is likely my subconcsious hedging its bets so that if Boyhood or Birdman locks up the top slots, I'm in on at least one of the parties.

Apparently, first - time producer Cruise wanted to hedge as many bets as possible in creating a secure market niche for this film, and he has succeeded to the probable tune of at least $ 200 million, but the cost to the end product was incalculable.

• Steve Pond takes aim at bursting a few Oscar trial balloons already set forth this season but hedges his bet considerably when it comes to talk of a best Picture nomination for «The Town.»

After Burry makes his bet at Goldman Sachs, Wall Street banker Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) is informed of Burry's strategy, and decides to uses this knowledge to persuade hedge - fund manager Mark Baum (Steve Carell) that he too should invest millions in credit default swaps.

But for now, let's take a look at what DOC NYC are hedging their bets on...