Sentences with phrase «short bets against»

The same is true of short bets against energy high - yield bonds in late 2015, the euro in late 2011 and Greek banks before that.

The fund's biggest losers in 2017 included its so - called «bubble basket,» which consists of short bets against high - flying momentum stocks including Amazon, Netflix, Tesla, and Athenahealth.

The fund's biggest losers in 2017 included its so - called «bubble basket,» which consists of short bets against high - flying momentum stocks including Amazon (AMZN), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), and athenahealth (ATHN).

It comes at a time when Ackman finds himself underwater on last year's short bet against Herbalife stock.

Ackman's $ 20 billion Pershing Square Capital Management made a $ 1 billion short bet against Herbalife in 2012 and has seen the stock price fluctuate as other prominent investors got in and the government began investigating the company.

That makes it a seemingly small adversary, given the battle Herbalife is waging against hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, who has gone so far as to say that Herbalife is a «criminal organization» in his $ 1 billion short bet against it.

Bill Ackman and Pershing Square's short bet against Herbalife (HLF) has been dragging on for quite some time now.

Not exact matches

Many investors who had been betting against Fossil by selling its shares «short» had to buy up Fossil shares to cover their bet in a so - called short squeeze, compounding the impact of the strong results.

The debut of the first futures contract on an established exchange was relatively orderly, in contrast to expectations of high volatility and traders short selling, or betting against, bitcoin.

The brokerage also said clients will not be able to take short positions, or bet against bitcoin futures, «due to the extreme volatility of cryptocurrencies.»

Palihapitiya put Gurley through what he called a «lightning round,» naming a list of companies and demanding the VC say whether he'd go «long» (buy) or «short» (bet against) each one.

But while Buffett said he wouldn't go so far as shorting Bitcoin, he suggested he might find other ways to bet against it.

He also has said he is betting against hamburger chain restaurants as the industry condenses, and in September announced a short against Continental Resources.

Big brokerages like TD Ameritrade do let investors buy OTC - listed stocks — but not short them, which makes it harder to bet against GBTC.

Speaking at the Sohn Investment Conference in New York, the closely - watched DoubleLine Capital LP chief executive officer recommended a trade of shorting, or betting against, Facebook while betting on gains in an exchange - traded fund that tracks oil and gas explorers and producers who could benefit from rising inflation.

In response, he suggests one way to bet against bitcoin is to create a basket of stocks that move with the price of bitcoin and short them accordingly.

These include currency - hedged ETFs, triple - levered ETFs based on commodities, unconstrained bond funds with short positions betting against U.S. Treasurys, private equity funds, emerging market debt instruments, historically less - liquid bank loan funds, and all manner of actively managed strategies packaged in supposedly easy to buy and sell wrappers.

Despite the slump and his prediction for further downside, Kelly told «Squawk Box» he would never consider shorting, or betting against, bitcoin.

Shortly after Ackman's initial short position, activist investor Carl Icahn also got involved, placing a bet against Ackman.

Cboe's bitcoin futures suffer worst trading day the same day Interactive Brokers allows traders to short, or bet against, the futures.

The move followed a spike from a low of $ 6,786 to above $ 8,000, which many traders attributed to investors covering their shorts, or buying back into the market after betting against bitcoin.

Short selling is a practice in which traders can bet against a company by selling shares they don't own and buying them back at a lower price.

Faced with the stock's rapid ascent, short sellers on Thursday covered $ 250 million in bets against Apple, bringing the total reduction in Apple short interest this week to $ 600 million, according to S3 Partners, a financial analytics firm.

Ackman, who has been betting against Herbalife stock for the past four years, made the allegations during a presentation to his investors Wednesday about why he was still shorting the nutrition products company even after Herbalife's settlement with the Federal Trade Commission last week.

TD confirmed to CNBC on Monday morning that trading in the bitcoin futures, including the ability to short — or bet against — them, was available for some qualified clients.

Shorting Alibaba is seen as a way to bet against China's economic growth and broader stock markets.

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.

While retail investors clamored for Facebook shares, some large investors were planning a massive short — essentially betting against the stock's buyers.

The Antipodes team cautioned that timing is a large part of getting a short call right and therefore approached making predictions about what to bet against in 2017 with some trepidation.

Shorts bet heavily against the stock last April right before it doubled.

If you've seen the movie The Big Short, you may remember the scene where right before one of the funds was getting ready to increase the size of their bet against the mortgage industry, they were a little bit concerned.

«These 3G guys are really about how can we extract more out of the business, and long term, that tends to not work out well for a brand,» says Horan, who is considering «shorting,» or betting against, the shares of the holding company if and when the deal closes and it hits the market.

Click here to listen to an interview with Marc Cohodes on the social benefit of short sellers, and why Canadians can't stand it when someone bets against a domestic company.

So attired, the short seller proceeded to launch into his bearish theses for the collection of Canadian companies he's betting against.

Swiss bank Vontobel said it will start trading Switzerland's first two mini futures to short bitcoin on Friday, giving investors a tool to bet against the value of the volatile cryptocurrency or to hedge bitcoin positions.

This likely represents many investors throwing in the towel and can even entice short traders to bet against the stock.

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.

To spice up the annual ritual, Berkshire's chairman, Warren Buffett, invited someone who has placed a bet against the stock — short - seller Doug Kass of hedge fund Seabreeze Partners Management — to join the panel of analysts posing questions to Mr. Buffett and vice chairman Charles Munger.

He also rejected to bet against the virtual currency market by saying that «Why in the world should I take a long or short position of something I don't know anything about?»

The Pershing Square chief is still betting against Herbalife — short more than $ 1 billion on the stock.

Hedge funds and other money managers have stepped up their short bets on crude oil ahead of the OPEC meeting, covering against a steep downfall in prices should OPEC fail to come to terms.

Ackman had bet that he would make $ 1 billion in his short against the nutrition - selling company, accusing it of being a pyramid scheme.

Losing Rob Gronkowski and a solid, but underwhelming performance against the 49ers took Brady from betting favorite to third place in the span of two short weeks.

However, the betting public seems to have a short memory, as 8 out of 10 spread bets are sticking with Atlanta to win by 7 or more against a 5 - 4 Titans team who has been plagued by inconsistency, yet looked good last week in a 30 - 3 upset victory on the road against the high - flying Panthers

In short, betting against the public continues to be one of the simplest ways for MLB bettors to build their bankroll.

Short winning streaks tend to even themselves out and by betting against these hot teams, you have an edge.

Long story short, don't bet against Case Keenum — because he has a knack for proving his doubters wrong.

They have been badly lacking depth up front and it leaves Eden Hazard, who got their consolation against Watford, as their shortest priced goalscorer option at even money * (Betting Odds taken on February 7th, 2018 at 6:50 p.m.).

They have won their last three home games against Brighton by 1 - 0 scoreline and that option is at 11/2 odds with Ladbrokes with only the 2 - 0 for them in at a shorter price at 24/5 * (betting odds taken on March 14th, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.).

Arsenal are the shortest - priced favourites of the day at just 4/9 with Sky Bet as Bournemouth go up against odds of 6/1 to win and 7/2 to hold their hosts to a draw.