By selling asset classes at a market bottom or wagering too heavily in an obscure area of the market, investors can absolutely cause themselves permanent losses.

如果在市场底部抛售各类资产，或者在市场中某个不明朗的领域投入过多，投资者的资金绝对会一去不复返。

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Punters have been wagering on horses at the former British colony's oldest track in Happy Valley since 1845.

一八四五年起已有人在跑马地这前英国殖民地最古老的赛马场赌马。

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No sense in wagering your life savings based on the advice in a couple of books or an article you just read.

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The uncertainty will make for some surprise winners, both in the Dolby Theatre (formerly the Kodak) and in wagering living rooms across America.

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The decline in wagering dollars leaves racetracks in a curious position: use precious financial resources to upgrade the on-track experience, or recognize that big crowds at racetracks are a thing of the past, and cater instead to the off-site bettor, whose gambling funds the purses and the salaries that permit the racetrack to exist?

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