Sentences with phrase «high dollar bets»

One investigator described dog fighting as a «huge underground subculture» with different tiers from two people fighting their dogs just to find out who is tougher, to those who breed and train dogs for fights that involve gambling, to those that breed, train, and feed the dogs as if they are professional athletes and organize and operate the fights as a business with high dollar bets.

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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.

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...

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.

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 euro fell to a two - week low versus the dollar, for its biggest weekly drop in two months, as investors trimmed record high bets before a European Central Bank meeting next week where policymakers are largely expected to signal no change in policy.

Asian shares edged higher on Friday, turning positive for the year, while the US dollar weakened broadly after the Federal Reserve's cautious stance on further rate increases prompted investors to rebuild their bets on riskier assets.

She didn't directly mention the string of executive departures, the layoffs, or the billions of dollars in losses that have plagued Alphabet's diverse «Other Bet» companies, whose projects are as varied as self - driving cars and high - speed internet service.

Gold edged down on Monday, retreating further from last week's 3-1/2 month high as the dollar clawed back some ground against the buoyant euro and as traders bet on further increases to U.S. interest rates after Friday's payrolls data.

As a long - time advocate of passive investing in low - fee index funds (in fact, he's on his way to win a million - dollar bet on an index fund), Buffett also has some strong opinions on the value of high - fee investment structures like hedge funds and mutual funds.

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.

We believe synthetic gold has been co-opted by risk managers and speculators as a convenient, high - capacity instrument to offset bullish bets on financial assets, the US dollar, and ultimately on the success of radical Fed policies.

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.

The data buoyed U.S. stocks and helped lift the dollar to a 5-1/2 - year high against a basket of currencies as traders brought forward bets on the timing of the first rate hike.

As Ditka publicly down - played Perry's role, the odds soared to as high as 75 to 1, potentially earning bettors $ 750 in winnings for every ten dollars bet on Perry to score.

The Trojans were a great contrarian play, but they were also getting a much higher share of dollars than bets, a great indication of sharp action.

They've also received the highest level of bets and dollars for any of the eight teams playing this weekend.

Perhaps bettors are reluctant to bet the highest total on the board, or maybe they're just rooting for Los Angeles and their 235 - million dollar payroll to under perform.

A short, high - dollar deal for a contender is the best bet here.

Even with the historically high total, early bettors have been happy to jump on the «over», as 82 % of O / U tickets and 88 % of O / U dollars are betting on more than 54 points scored.

The Mariners checked off all the sharp boxes that pro players look for: low bets (33 %), higher dollars (46 %) and sharp reverse line movement (+120 to -103).

Trump's personal assistant, John McEntee, was fired because he's a high - rolling gambler who bets tens of thousands of dollars at a time, opening himself to potential outside influence.

I'll bet one hundred dollars that 50,000 idiots will support McMillan, and create the sixth row of New York politics: My Rent is Too Damn High Party line!

Teachout placed a limit of 10 years on herself, though I'd bet dollars to doughnuts this political climber will be running for higher office, maybe governor, in 2018.

But you can bet that a mid-level executive would be ticked to see that the interior in his junior manager's new C - Class is noticeably flashier than in his own higher - dollar CLS.

As high performance sports cars go, pound for pound, dollar for dollar, your best bet will always be a Corvette.

If I were a betting man — which I'm not — I'd wager the Canadian dollar could move lower as the U.S. dollar moves higher in the coming year.

If they do try to tinker about with their freedom a little bit, you can bet your bottom dollar that they will still be charging high interest rates to take a little bit of the risk of themselves.

okay here's my two cents worth folks im up for renewal and have just nagotiated a rate 5 yr variable1.75 persent or if i want a five yr fixed at 4.49 still quite a gap between fixed and variable here i believe i have a little lee way here apparently i was only interesed in variable and five yr fixed but i made it absulutly apparent to them that when lock in from a variable i get the whosale discounted rate at that time and written into the contract i kinda believe this the way the market is heading as we head out of ressesion and the bank of canada is going to make there move i believe coming up in june and just to make this firm i do not believe the boc will raise rates in fast mode far from it will be slow process i don't care what the ecconmists are thinking we have to remember manufactering sector is reallt taking a hit on the high dollar and don't forget our niegbours to the south how dependent our canada is with them i believe it will be a slow process a lot of people heve put themselves in a debt load over these enormously low interest rates but i may be wrong i think a variable is the way to go if you want to work on that princibal at least should i say the say the short to medium term and betting that the bond markets stay put for the short to medium term - i have given enough interest to the banks maybe i can pay a little less at least fot the short to mediun term here i have not completly decided yet put i think im going variable although i wish my mtge was up a year ago that would have been just great congradulations to all that did.

Even if the investment choices are not great (e.g., high - expense, actively - managed mutual funds), this probably still is your best bet for your first retirement investment dollars.

As I've said before, the time's ripe for a select group of companies to become a new / global Nifty Fifty — you can bet your bottom dollar a High - Low Strategy is one of the better ways of hunting»em down!

On the plus side, if these kinds of high - pressure events in AC / PC generate enough extra free money, you can bet your bottom dollar that they'll add them to the next real Animal Crossing.

I bet $ 100,000.00 (one hundred thousand dollars) payable to you if the average temperature in California is higher in 2100 than in 2015.