For awhile there, you left the casino with a bunch of cash if you simply focused on that particular side bet.
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So, you may be thinking, you could hedge your U.S. bond portfolio by making a side bet against the dollar in the foreign exchange market.
Eventually, the side bet disappeared from Caesars as well.
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So Goldman goes out to try to find someone on the other side of that bet.
This explains why taking the prices from the mid 90s onwards would favour the Ehrlich side of the bet.
At the same time, Mr. Taylor also made false trade entries that appeared to take the opposite side of that bet.
Now the key here is that on the other side of that bet were highly sophisticated investors with much larger funds than John Paulson's.
He said if you can find me someone who's willing to take the other side of that bet, I'll make the bet with you guys.
The smart money is taking the other side of that bet.
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Not that you would ever do anything so stupid, but what if you were to buy each side of this bet at the less favorable price?
Bill Ackman delivered a thorough case for shorting Herbalife in December, and now fellow hedge fund superstar Daniel Loeb is taking the opposite side of that bet.
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What the sign references is the accusation that Goldman in essence let John Paulson design his own Abacus deal shorting the mortgage derivatives bubble and then went in search of suckers to take the long side of that bet.
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Matt Tubbs put the Blue Square Bet Premier side ahead with a neat finish.
On balance, I would rather have my co-philanthropists on the long side of this particular bet.
Meanwhile, the Blue Square Bet Premier side have failed in their bid to land Peterborough striker Liam Hatch.
Supermarine will now host Blue Square Bet North side Eastwood Town in the first round on Saturday, 6 November.
The striker made his way straight down the tunnel having looked by far his side's best bet for a goal.
Cooper also revealed that striker Jefferson Louis has returned to Blue Square Bet North side Gainsborough Trinity after a three-month loan stay.
In an ice storm, if the car in front of you is skidding from side to side, you can bet that the road is slippery.
Having been dumped out of the FA Cup by Blue Square Bet Premier side Darlington last month, the defeat by Exeter in Tuesday night's southern area semi-final was the final straw for the Rovers board.
Dartford took League Two Port Vale to a first round replay last season while Ebbsfleet reached the first round proper a year ago when they went out to then Blue Square Bet Premier side AFC Wimbledon.
We figure you bet heavily on the short side, rather than baby bets.
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Why didn't the committee call representatives of ACA Capital Management and German bank IKB, the alleged victims on the other side of Mr. Paulson's bet?
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He is with me wherever I go, and you can bet he is by my side every step of the way as I conquer every continent, 26.2 miles at a time.
Do you really want to bet your presidency on the demand side, Mr. President?
Yet with long-term interest rates at historically lows, and with the US government already on the credit agency watch, conservative investors may be cautions in getting on the side of the Fed, while aggressive investors may want to bet against it.
They bet on individual plays, developing scores, and dozens of other side bets.
Guess luck was on our side, though on the spot I would not have given a nickel on a bet that this was the effect Mr. Herrmann wanted.
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