Sentences with phrase «long bet with»

Legendary investor Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (BRK - A, BRK - B), writes in his newest annual letter that his ten - year - long bet with a hedge fund manager delivered an «unforeseen investment lesson.»

Not exact matches

Despite the recent softness in data — the Citi economic surprise index for the eurozone is now at its lowest since June 2012 — markets remain stubbornly bullish on the euro with overall bets still near record highs as longer - term expectations remain optimistic.

But it does mean using some discretionary money to bet on high - risk long shots, or smaller, lesser - known companies with massive upside potential.

Still, combine the indications of the short - term bond market with today's 5 % GDP news and you get the sense that stock traders betting on low interest rates for longer periods of time may soon have to bail out.

But the merger mania overtaking the media industry, where Time Warner Inc., Scripps Networks Interactive Inc. and Starz agreed to sales in the past 18 months, is changing the calculus for top talent in the industry, making Netflix and Amazon look like relatively safe bets with their deep pockets and long - term commitments.

«The long - term bet is that by enabling people to have good organic interactions with businesses, that will end up being a massive multiplier on the value of the monetization down the road, when we really work on that, and really focus on that in a bigger way,» Zuckerberg said.

«Betting has long been associated with increased interest in sports,» Mintas told CNBC.

Chief Executive Luke Ellis cited continued client demand for Man Group's alternative risk strategies, with flows returning to its European long - short strategy betting on both rising and falling prices.

Value investors like Buffett will tell you that such stocks are a better bet over the long term because they provide better returns with less risk.

But as health care costs climb — employers pay 36 % more today than they did five years ago — companies are betting on long - term cost savings with their own clinics staffed with physicians, nurses, even chiropractors, physical therapists and pharmacists.

As long as we're not hit with a free possession by a team scoring right before halftime, this feels like the right side of this bet.

But as the 140 - mile journey can take four hours by car in traffic, Uber is betting that Romanians would rather fly there, especially this weekend, which is a long weekend in Romania, with banks closed on Monday for a religious holiday.

«These hedge funds are putting on what we call paired trades,... betting against one company with huge Chinese exposure and going long a similar company with little to no Chinese business,» he said on Friday.

Luxembourg, a nation smaller than Rhode Island with a long history in mining, has bet 200 million euros — more than $ 225 million — on this industry that does not exist.

Ultimately, opacity around Jurvetson's alleged transgressions, combined with his long history of success in Silicon Valley, appeared to embolden investors whose livelihood depends on betting on winning VCs.

While Ackman has a long position in Valeant and Hempton says his fund, Bronte Capital, is betting against it, the opposite has been the case on Herbalife, with Ackman short and Hempton long.

With this mobile payments solution, Apple is betting that consumers will no longer want to carry their wallets, credit cards or cash.

A three - step process to anticipate and shape change, beginning with the identification of 70 + macro drivers that were refined into 8 dynamics defining the future for connected consumers, which constituted the basis for a highly immersive two - day Future Forum bringing together 10 outside experts, 13 internal stakeholders and 14 agency partners, from which a consumer - centric company vision and Future Playbook was developed around «4 Big Bets» over near -, mid - and long - term horizons.

To be sure, Zillow has long been a better bet than Redfin, which has admirably IPO'd with a business that basically adds a tech layer (and thus superior lead generation) to a traditional real estate agency; the reality is that simply adding a tech layer doesn't change industries — that requires new business models.

With over 200 years of outstanding performance, and the best years yet to come, it is hard to even contemplate placing a long term bet against those odds.

As you know Bronte is OK with his longs but really strong with his shorts, so I would think twice before betting against his shorts.

Long positions in oil have also been building to new record highs, with speculators clearly betting on this momentum to continue into 2018.

Bet if we tried a show called «Tried & True Americans» it would get yanked because it would be insulting to other nationalities, religions, etc.... we're not even suppose to say «Merry Christmas» because it's insulting to others... that's BS... this was OUR country long before it belongs to others... if you want to come to our country then you respect our beliefs and our traditions, DO NOT make us change them because you don't agree with them..

Feilim MacAnIomaire with the online betting site PaddyPower, says betting on who the pope will be, from what country he will come, how long the conclave will last, how many ballots it will take, and what name the new pope will take is big business.

I have bet my life on the truth that in Jesus Christ the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, but I can no longer quietly accept the conviction of many of my fellow Christians that God's revelation in Christ gives us a reason to judge Israel s relationship with God as inadequate.

I live in Australia at the moment so a pretty big and wet environment and I had problems with moths living in these sort of things quite easily (nuts, legumes, nut flours etc) I know my best bet would be to eat and use them frequently but would like to know best ways to keep them fresh the longest anyway!

The New Mexico State Legislature and Governor King quickly passed Senate Joint Memorial 5, which stated, in part and with considerable exaggeration: «Whereas, despite New Mexico's long and rich chile history and prehistory, with solid archaeological evidence indicating the continuous use of both red and green chile since the time of Folsom Man some twelve thousand years ago [this is not true], we now find «Texas Man» claiming the noble chile as his; and whereas despite the facts, we hear boasting from east of the Pecos that «The Lone Star State» is the chili capital of the Southwest... and Texas chefs malign the noble «red and green» by blending it into a slurry of kidney beans and onions called chili; now, therefore, be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of New Mexico that the Land of Enchantment bets the «whole enchilada» and its reputation as the Chile Capital of the World against the Lone Star State in the Mother of All Chile Wars Festival to be held May 29 - 31, 1993 at the Doña Ana County Fairgrounds.»

I bet they would be fun for dinner with the zucchini sliced the long way too.

I haven't cooked anything with dill in such a long time, but I bet it goes well with potatoes mild flavor.

who would of guest City would make an offer of 60 million in the summer for Sanchez with only a year left on his contract, i'm guessing we could get an offer of around 30 million from City in January so he wont be persuaded by the likes of PSG with a signing on fee in the summer, but who knows what goes in the mind of Alexis or what kind of injuries some big clubs could have from now until January for them to make ridiculous offers to a world class player with no CL conflict of interest, lets say Real Madrid loses Ronaldo, Bale, Karim to long term injury you bet they will come ceiling with baring gifts for Sanchez's services or even Barca with Messi or Suarez

Third: The statute of limitations for Adele Dazeem jokes was up a long time ago, but you can bet that someone's going with ADELE DAZE»EM on Twitter during the anthem.

I reckon this is one of the strongest young England squads I have seen for a long long time, with players like Harry Kane, Danny Ings and Jack Butland and I think I will be betting on them to win to win the trophy to give the games more interest for me.

There was once a time where people believed that women would partake in bingo rather than watch and bet on football, however, with companies like Betway providing games and bets on matches, those times are long gone and ladies can have a flutter as often as men.

Sure they'll win a few here and there, but in the long run, betting with the public is a losing strategy.

Long story short, if you believe Sanders can shock the world and pull off the upset, you should place your bet on him now, as his numbers are sure to improve with a series of wins down the stretch.

Coquelin may not be a fancy player but solid in defence and shows good fighting spirit, I bet in Wengers head he will be competing with Xhaka for that def role, he has been an Arsenal player since 2008 and not long signed a new contract... Oh and Coquelin currently classes as HG.

you wont see a cazorla or a xavi losing possession, not only that but they drive the team forward.but unfortunately u hav players like ramsey, who do nt drive the attack like the above two, also he loses possessions sometimes by attempting fancy moves.its sad ramsey gives more importance to style over substance.unfortunately, i feel players like ramsey hav contributed to arsenal's inability... imagine a team like barcelona playing with him, constantly losing posession leading to conceding goals and so on.difference is barca's manager wud take them out, while under wenger u r rewarded with the nxt game!!!! i do nt deny he was top notch a season or two back, but now hes a liability imo and need to change his mentality.even that opportunity he got against tottenham where thought longer before taking a shot thus giving defender time to get to him and take off the ball.i bet if it was cazorla, arsenal wud hav scored...

While this basic system could be bet with confidence, there are two additional factors that I've long believed can be beneficial for NBA road dogs:

Chris Sale is as safe a bet as there is in the American League to pitch at a high level, but with David Price and Rick Porcello also apparently back in top form, this could be a rough staff to crack all season long.

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 ($ $ $)

If they continue with their policy of letting the drivers race each other it will cost them against Vettel, because you can bet it won't be long before they switch all their focus onto him for the championship.

It's about an hour long and along with being very informative with only a basic level of betting knowledge needed, I find it very entertaining.

With that in mind, Woods fans may like to know that they may bet on their guy as a long shot (100 - 1, according to Golfodds.com) to win the Masters.

Long shot *: Why not back Kevin Nolan to score first at Upton Park at 10/1... Check all of the latest Premier League betting with William Hill!

There were also players like Essien and Ballack were coming with so much experience and such obvious quality over a long period of time and at CL clubs that they were relatively a safe bet.

With the # 15 Wildcats and their punishing running game / dangerous special teams play coming to town, it could be a long day for Kansas and nearly nine out of ten bets agree.

But with Liberty Media taking over at the start of the year it seemed a good bet that it wouldn't be long before the sport started getting a bit more up to date.

The only way to achieve long - term success at sports betting is by following a winning system, combined with sound money management.

These options are somewhat popular before the season starts, but do not get a lot of action because of the long - term nature of the bet, strict betting limits, and the significant odds usually associated with these bets.

In the spirit of not teaching my nephew any more swear words and keeping the peace with my sister and brother - in - law, I will refrain from doing things like this after losing aforementioned spite bets that definitely are no longer happening.