Sentences with phrase «worth hedging their bets»

Between these two extremes is a reasonable, balanced middle position, which is: We're not certain exactly what the effects of climate change will be, but the potential risks are large, so it's worth hedging our bets by acting to reduce emissions as an «insurance policy.»

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.

Not exact matches

Since New Orleans opened as a 3 - point «dog and we can estimate that Brees is worth roughly 6 or 7 points to the spread, this would seem to indicate that Sportsbook.com was hedging their bets in an attempt to attract action on the game.

This arcane - sounding market is no small potatoes; it actually comprises several billions of dollars» worth of bets by aggressive hedge funds — the same type of big bettors who blew up so memorably earlier this year, Amaranth and Motherrock.

(You can read his views in my first long article on global warming, published in 1988; it's worth noting that in 2005, Mr. Titus hedged his bets, spending $ 20,000 to elevate his summer house and yard on the Jersey Shore about five feet.)