Sentences with phrase «to hedge one's bets»

However, putting 25 people in a CT scanner eight times is probably not inexpensive and perhaps they sort of hedged their bets by studying an upper and a lower body intervention.

Klein on Monday hedged his bets on whether Democrats would be able to gain a clear majority in the Senate and appeared to edge away from an agreement made in June to form a new coalition with the mainline conference after Election Day.

Adopting the Fockers franchising formula, 2015's surprise Will Ferrell - Mark Wahlberg hit Daddy's Home — Ferrell's biggest live - action movie, somehow — gets an obligatory sequel that adds even more meddling parents to the mix, while also hedging its bets with a Christmas setting.

By hedging their bets in this way, pet stores can ensure themselves a very merry fourth quarter.

This is not a stockmarket, so try to avoid the tendency of hedging your bets by running with multiple dates at once.

Whether your plans are based on a tried - and - true formula for success, or on hedging your bets against the insecurity of the restaurant industry, knowing your options for fire protection can be one of the greatest assets in giving your new location its best chance at success.

While anyone with a few bucks, a rock pick, and a map to Crater of Diamond's State Park outside Murfreesboro is more than welcome to take a shot at striking it rich, don't hedge your bets on finding the Hope Diamond anytime soon.

JLR bosses have clearly concluded that, in order to meet the million vehicle target, they need to continue to exploit the huge market shift towards crossovers and SUVs, while also hedging their bets by building premium vehicles that are more fuel efficient and less like conventional off - roaders.

Beer - maker Anheuser - Busch InBev (BUD) is hedging its bets for the future by recruiting promising leaders straight out of college, including foreign nationals while they are living outside their home countries.

As such, Stingray is attempting to consolidate the market, snapping up similar companies around the world — all the while hedging its bets by venturing into mobile.

I am also thinking that the Bears might want to hedge their bets at QB.

With the general lack of precise, granular audience measurement data, media buying brands, agencies, and media outlets hedge their bets when it comes to advertising spend.

And then if you are somehow lucky and you picked the correct god, don't you think he knows you are just hedging your bet in this «belief and faith» business and you are not actually sincere?

I won't hedge any bets about how many slices you can eat a time.

This is a way of hedging your bets if something doesn't work out.

Yep... AND he was worried that «this Mormon kid's looking better in the polls... better hedge my bets so * I * still get my annual invite to the White House»!

And while Ramsey told CNBC that he wouldn't be surprised to see the bull charge onward, he did hedge his bets given what he sees as expensive valuations.

Considering what a mess the Monday testimony and lawyer argument on the effect of the new claim construction was (because, frankly, both parties had previously hedged their bets as they didn't know what the appeals court would do), the jury is probably now very confused about it (and Judge Koh did the right thing by denying both parties» motions for judgment as a matter of law since there are reasonable arguments for and against infringement, for and against validity).

«I've heard stories of companies hedging their bets with some of the eurozone economies,» Langrish says, explaining that some have set up accounts to pay their employees in euros should their home country exit the eurozone and reintroduce its old currency.

That said, we could start to see investors hedge their bets ahead of the SegWit2x fork.

Finally, if you're worried about airline mileage devaluation, this card can help hedge your bets since you don't actually deal with any of the airline loyalty programs.

Don't hedge your bets here.

While violence in the Middle East may have flared up again in the wake of Trump's decision this month to cancel the Iran nuclear deal, back in April markets were still hedging their bets on what might happen.

EA is already hedging its bets with the UFC franchise and the Fight Night series, but claiming the WWE license could be a win for Activision in the sports genre.

Is this him just hedging his bets since the iPad didn't kill the Kindle?

Like so many interests, the union is hedging its bets somewhat when it comes to the fight for control of the state Senate, however, providing assistance through its locals to two GOP candidates — Assemblyman Greg Ball (40th SD) and incumbent Sen. Frank Padavan (11th SD).

The same rumor reports claiming a thinner - than - iPad Galaxy tablet is in development are noting that Samsung is further hedging its bets in the uber competitive device space by prepping two lower - priced tablets, a Galaxy Tab A and Galaxy Tab A Plus, with 8.0 inch and 9.7 inch displays respectively.

ANSWER: The term hedge fund comes from hedging your bets or hedging risk.

You can always hedge your bets by buying a «cancel for any reason» policy, but if that's not in your budget, read the policy very carefully and only assume you're covered if it's actually in the policy.

After his recent string of self - directed box office disasters, Kevin has wisely hedged his bets here by casting Duvall as Charlie's boss and best pal.

With Note 7s off the market and Samsung hedging its bets against Google's services, that situation was going to become untenable someday.

If I would have split my Pizza Pizza investment into four different stocks I would have given myself a comparable income stream while hedging my bets away from one company.

The DA hasn't endorsed Lazio's primary opponent, Carl Paladino, either, but, like many Republicans, he appears to be hedging his bets until after the Sept. 14 election... just in case.

Some are full throttle for Democrats like 32BJ, others hedged their bets like the Hotel Trades and 1199.

As if I still didn't hedge my bets like a weenie:

When it comes to hedging their bets NYSUT is as good as most.

And this idea... fits perfectly into what they're skilled at, and it really hedges the bets against becoming irrelevant.

Curran's film hedges its bets by offering alternate viewpoints (such as the contrasting views of two doctors).

Since these actors don't have test deals yet it's foolish to start hedging bets and picking favorites, but it's a fairly strong list of candidates.

In layman's terms, a higher rate is how lenders hedge their bets, protecting their interests along with the interests of the housing market at large.

The original article indicates that six months ago those responses might have been slightly different, with more people thinking that peak might be imminent or past, but given that demand has dropped due to global economic conditions, some execs are probably hedging their bets on how much longer oil supplies may be able to last.

There's no guarantee exactly when or how these trends will manifest, but for savvy law firms, it's worth hedging their bets on at least a few of these.

Other cryptocurrency watchers argue that the recent run - up in Litecoin prices is the result of Bitcoin investors hedging their bets.

Poor fuel hedging bets and fierce competition from mainland Chinese and Middle Eastern rivals has hurt Cathay, pushing it into losses for the past two years and forcing the airline to undertake a three - year turnaround programme.

It would have been imprudent not to hedge your bets after 324 losses from the Astros over the previous three seasons.

«I was trying to say this to supporters here who were hedging their bets trying to get a ticket for the final - it's more difficult than trying to get one for the semi.