Sentences with phrase «massive bet»

It's a strong alternative to chase systems, which often require bettors to place massive bets to recoup previous losses.

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.

«The Big Short» was four intertwining stories about investors who made massive bets against the housing market and banking system that led up to the financial crash of 2008.

Brosens explained to me at the conference that the exact same forces are now at work in the U.S. equity markets... thanks to massive bets against volatility.

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.

Look, if these two groups of speculators, managed money traders on one side and speculators we call commercials on the other side wanted to wager massive bets and kept their betting to themselves, then no problem — they can have at it.

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.»

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.

Mr. Buffett, for instance, has placed massive bets on the railroad industry.

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

Like ExxonMobil's US$ 41 - billion acquisition of shale gas producer XTO Energy in 2009, this is a massive bet on the upside of suddenly cheap and abundant natural gas.

«You essentially have software writing software,» says Jen - Hsun Huang, CEO of graphics processing leader Nvidia nvda, which began placing a massive bet on deep learning about five years ago.

He scored another $ 65 million on his massive bet on insurer AIG (aig), an investment that's currently valued at about $ 2.8 billion.

He recently made a massive bet on gold.

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.

«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.

Musk has always approached innovation this way: as a massive bet on the inevitability of tomorrow, rather than what he can deliver today.

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

A massive bet on Sprint has cost Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son a lot.

However, David Payne Purdum tweeted that a big bettor tried to place a massive bet on Ohio State.

This massive bets vs. dollars discrepancy indicates smart money on the road dog.

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.

The fund, which started in 1969, is perhaps most famous for its massive bets against the British pound just before the Black Wednesday crisis in 1992 — when the UK dropped out of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism.