Sentences with phrase «hedge their bets when»

With the general lack of precise, granular audience measurement data, media buying brands, agencies, and media outlets hedge their bets when it comes to advertising spend.

In classic NASA style, Martin hedges his bets when discussing the agency's human - exploration plans: «Our strategy is to build a very sustainable program where people are routinely going into deep space.

Sure, we may still end up hedging our bets when money's on the table in our Oscar party pools and opt for Murphy (whose alternately rakish and morose performance, the only human thing in all of Dreamgirls, is certainly more award - worthy than Jennifer Hudson's turn).

Callum hedges his bets when asked about the model's beaten - path prowess.

Nor yet — though he might be closer to the mark here, showing how important it is to hedge your bets when predicting climate — are we in the midst of a «new ice age.»

Hiring a fast learner means that businesses can hedge their bets when bringing a new employee into the fold, taking comfort in the knowledge that their new hire will swiftly become a productive member of the workforce.

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However, they hedge their bets ever so slightly, whether that means cultivating their networks and looking for additional opportunities, even when things seem to be going great — or even launching a full - blown side business or second (or third) source of income.

Comey caved to political pressure when he decided not to prosecute Clinton — which paved the way for her candidacy — but hedged his bets by criticizing her behavior and later publicly stating the investigation had reopened — which «may have fatally undermined her campaign,» French said.

Hedge fund heavyweight David Tepper appeared Wednesday on CNBC and, when asked whether he was short bonds, said, «You bet your heinie.»

I spend a lot of time talking clients «off the ledge» when they'd like to move all of their money into one outperforming asset class, place a large bet on hedging strategies for a pending correction they see coming or suddenly want to get out of the market altogether and «drop anchor» for fear of pending scary dives in the markets.

According to the annual hedge fund manager rich list compiled by Absolute Return magazine, huge bets on gold and a market recovery netted Paulson US$ 4.9 billion in 2010, beating his record in 2007, when shorting the market earned him US$ 3.7 billion.

This is where most news outlets sit today, still — they've come to understand that bitcoin is a burgeoning technology that has interest and investment, and they are covering it a bit more often, but when they do, they are careful to hedge their bets by including the downside of, or skepticism around, any news or investment in the space.

They warned that commodity - exporting countries that did not hedge their bets would find themselves in serious trouble when commodity prices collapsed.

There is a phrase «there are no atheists in foxholes»... implying that when people are about to die they hedge their bets and start praying.

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.

And even if you have the right horse, what makes you think that jolly old Jehovah will put aside his wrath when he hears that your «faith» was just a matter of hedging bets?

When confronted with Dark Matter atheists had to contrive multiverse (an unproven speculation that there must be other universes) or it's time to hedge my bets.

Anyway, the guy is now hedging his bet by saying, 5/21 is the day of rapture, when all the «saved» will be carted off to heaven, and a worldwide earthquake will destroy the earth, but the REAL end of the world won't happen until 10/21.

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.

There is no real answer to the question you have posed because this club has once again hedged their bets on doing the bare minimum then hoping for the best... if they were serious about changing the stagnant culture that has permeated the club since our move from the Highbury, we would have immediately released and / or moved several players in the early days of the window... this would have demonstrated to the fans that they were serious about addressing our obvious inadequacies... likewise this would have forced them to bring in replacements because they couldn't have used the lame excuse Wenger is presently spewing about having too many players... we functionally have the same amount of players as we did when the window first opened but he didn't say jack about it then... he simply waited until the inevitable happened then pulled out his excuse Rolodex, closed his eyes and randomly drew the «too many players» card... the more he opens his mouth, the more I understand his «god» complex when it relates to all things Arsenal... what other manager could continually do the same dumb shit, not address obvious concerns for years, speak to the fans in such a condescending manner, face enormous criticism from many of his former star players and be the architect of so many failed player signings yet be one of the highest paid managers with the longest tenure in Europe... maybe Kroenke is colourblind and instead of seeing all the red flags he can only see the GREEN ones ($ $ $)

Like so many interests, the union is hedging its bets somewhat when it comes to the fight for control of the state Senate, however, providing assistance through its locals to two GOP candidates — Assemblyman Greg Ball (40th SD) and incumbent Sen. Frank Padavan (11th SD).

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.

He doesn't hesitate when asked whether he wants to live forever — the answer is yes — but he's hedging his bets.

• 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.»

The eccentrics extolled in the opening scene include Michael Burry (Christian Bale), a Northern California — based MD and money manager who invents the credit default swap in the mid-Aughts, when the film's central action kicks off; Mark Baum (Steve Carell, also hideously coiffed), an obnoxious hedge fund manager whose backstory involving a dead - by - suicide brother somehow positions him as the film's most steadfast moral compass; and Ben Rickert (Brad Pitt), a onetime trader for Chase turned secular eschatologist who advises two young, aspiring operators, Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro), how to bet against Wall Street.

Howard, This was written before the announcement when it was far from clear exactly what was forthcoming, hence a somewhat hedging bet!

Hedging your bets isn't just the stuff of Shakespearian tragedy; any homeowner with a mortgage has to do some serious mulling over when it comes to refinancing.

Many of the fixed income investors I talk to feel that they are caught between a rock and a hard place — trying to hedge their bets amid volatility, but punished on the yield side and incurring increasing interest rate risk when they play it safe.

As a share in a gold miner is a share of its future gold production, miners offer upside when hedges expire and the market corrects to reflect the reality that a position in a gold miner is a true levered bet on gold prices.

I do not expect that I will be in a higher tax bracket when I retire, but I want to hedge my bet!

I like Suze's arguments, although when I see a situation that involves hedging risk, I prefer to spread my bets a little.

Another thought: why hedge by betting against the market when you could work on stricter portfolio management strategies?

It's an odd move for Microsoft to be putting this much muscle behind an RTS franchise in an era when so many seem to be hedging their bets on the entire genre, but I'm very curious to see whether they can reignite the love people had for the first two Age of Empires games.

Flappy Bird is a simply designed game that hedges its bets on masochistic repetitive gameplay design, much like old school Arcade and NES games did, to breed a sense of achievement when you conquer a series of Mario pipes without fail.

When you remove the seasonal cycle for a particular baseline period you can hedge your bet a touch.

There's no guarantee exactly when or how these trends will manifest, but for savvy law firms, it's worth hedging their bets on at least a few of these.

Don't hedge your bets against something catastrophic happening to you, and don't roll the dice when it comes to your protection.

When an insurance provider views a particular person or situation as more risky than normal, they hedge their bets by charging higher rates.

Hedge your bets Why have a plain, ugly fence when a green living boundary brings the colourful riches of flowers and berries?