• Investors were willing to bet on the company, and its shares jumped $1.94 to $9.06.
• The New Jersey fund has bet $40 million on small stocks.
• The market bet heavily that the dollar would fall.
• Do we really want to bet the ranch on this deal?
• They like selling short, or making a bet that share prices will decline.
• Shearson placed a big bet on junk bonds and lost.
• a huge $11 billion bet on US interest rates that went wrong
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In his opinion, no fee can compensate for the risk of betting a large chunk of a firm's capital on a single deal.
bet that »Some investors are betting that interest rates will rise.
bet against sth »You wouldn't want to bet against inflation rising later in the year.
A lot of people made a bet on housing and lost.
a bet pays off »He borrowed heavily to start the business, and the bet has paid off.
Jenson's bet is that properties will remain scarce and rents will keep rising.
Financial and business terms. 2012.