Sentences with phrase «make massive bets»

Exotic credit derivatives, for those among us with short memories, are those quaint financial instruments that enable banks to make massive bets on the failure of loans, without having to actually own any of the underlying debt.

Pressure from platforms has forced big media conglomerates to make massive bets, such as Disney's deal with 21st Century Fox.

Under Iger, the Mouse House has made some massive bets, most of which have paid off (the acquisitions of Pixar, Lucasfilm, and Marvel, to name a few).

Early in Larson's leadership, Packard made a massive bet on curbing climate change — an issue that has only become more urgent since then.

Sanchez Energy made a massive bet on the Eagle Ford earlier this year when it bought Anadarko's assets in the region.

In 2012, when Dimon was asked about reports in the press that one of his London traders was making massive bets in derivatives, he called the matter a «tempest in a teapot.»

Amazon just made a massive bet that they will.

«Our company is in effect making a massive bet — with shareholders» money — that the world will remain addicted to oil for decades, even as its competitors are taking steps to hedge their bets,» the group wrote.

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George Soros, who famously made $ 1 billion in a day shorting the British Pound, has made a massive short bet in the S&P 500.

Now Ottawa - based Dymon Storage, making its first move on the Toronto market, is placing its own massive bet, developing what it says will be the largest storage facility in the world, in the west Toronto district of Etobicoke, across the street from an Ikea.

We're making a bet that India will pay off with great content consumption and massive brands, as well as, informing how we approach mobile in the rest of the world.

Firms such as Renaissance Technologies, a massive hedge fund that relies on computing power to make bets, are using technology profitably, he says.

I bet it would make a massive difference.

A new story from Deadpool's original creator, combined with the anti-hero's massive popularity, makes Deadpool: Bad Blood seem like a pretty safe bet.

On the Subaru stand at the Los Angeles motor show it was a fine - looking concept, complete with STI's trademark Mica blue paintwork and a massive rear wing that we're betting is unlikely to make production.

I realize that a few folks posting here believe that these actions might make FICO scores somewhat useless in another year... but if I were the suspicious type, I'd be betting that a reduction in average FICO scores for Americans on a massive scale — the scale that can be created by reducing credit limits suddenly on many millions of card holders — is something that the Credit Industry is betting will become its * salvation * in a few more years, aside from simply «reducing their exposure to risk» today.

But the bond markets made a different bet — that Trump's plans for massive infrastructure spending and tax cuts will cause inflation to rise.

To make it clear what I mean, I conclude with a reference to Warren Buffett's massive bet with Protege Partners LLC, a New York based hedge fund.

Ratchet has a massive arsenal of weapons to choose from, such as the Morph - o - ray (which turns enemies into chickens) and the Groovitron (which forces enemies to dance); we'd bet money that at least one of these will make it into the final game.

Anyone's best bet is to buy and hold, however, experienced traders have the potential to make massive profits due to the ebbs and flows of these respective markets.