We
make such bets because we are confident that this approach leads to superior investment returns over the long term.
Although most recognize that
taking such a bet makes sense, people often choose not to because the potential pain of losing often outweighs the pleasure of winning.
Critics of the practice say investors often don't understand the potential downside associated
with such bets, leaving them vulnerable to huge losses.
I don't necessarily believe that will be the case, but I'm not comfortable placing a huge bet that it won't be, and investing only in US stocks would be
placing such a bet.
Maday had hardly gotten around to thinking about the odds, however, when the Nevada Gaming Control Board intervened, saying
such bets contravened state gaming policy.
We shall void any bet
where such bet has been placed in circumstances where we consider, at our sole discretion, that such an error has occurred, even after the bets have been settled.
The odds of Arsenal winning the League title are quite enticing, and
such bets on Ladbrokes are good for # 50.
Christiano Ronaldo hit the record books with 16 goals scored in a single Champions League season, following Real Madrid's second - leg win against incumbent champions Bayern Munich, and
as such betting is closed as to who will score the most goals over the course of the competition.
Hence why I wonder whether it would be legal for a bookmaker to
take such a bet.
8.6 Where a number of Bets involving identical or very similar selections are received by different Users within a short timeframe, we reserve the right to void
all such Bets, even after the Bets have been settled.
If sheltering people from losses would allow them to expect to profit by placing bad bets, many more people will place
such bets than would do so without such protection; further, in many cases, the increase in the number of people placing such bets will increase the likelihood that they will go bad.
Commodity investing is a simple bet on the future price of an inanimate object that
such bets have, for over 200 years, turned out badly: sharp price spikes have inevitably been followed by price crashes and 20 - year bear markets.
Such a bet isn't compatible with the Couch Potato strategy.
Unnecessary risk is two unrelated parties with no economic interest betting on whether the company can survive or not;
such a bet should be regulated as gambling.
I interpret this to suggest that their public posture differs from their actual knowledge and that they know that
any such bet would be hopeless.
From the bookmaker's point of view, taking
such a bet would be stupid: if a person stands to win # 100,000 from Trump being assassinated, it would give them motivation to pay someone up to that figure to carry out the killing.