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However, if the market doesn’t move enough in either direction, you could end up losing the entire amount you invest in such a bet.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

There are several ways in which you can place a bet on a big move in either direction, though many of those strategies are risky.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

For years, France was a popular bet for investors seeking slightly better returns than other economies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

If you don’t like him, you might place a bet on Marco “The Juggler” Rubio.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

He said, “Something’s going on. I think someone is playing a trick on us. I bet it’s your dad.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

The core idea behind these strategies is simultaneously placing two bets, one betting on a big up move and the other betting on a big move downward.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

A softer-than-expected U.S. personal consumption expenditures reading released end-September likely tempered Federal Reserve rate-hike bets in October, Societe Generale says in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Applied Materials and two more semiconductor sector stocks are good bets for earnings season, according to Goldman Sachs.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

The hope is that your profits on the winning side of these two bets will be larger than your losses on the losing side.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

But make fun of my brother, and all bets are off.

From "Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish" by Pablo Cartaya

Some of those purchases may have been partly driven by hedge funds that had betted against GameStop, trying to cover their positions, and some of those funds made bad losses.

From Reuters ● Oct. 18, 2021

No one betted on Ms. Warren dropping out.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 13, 2019

It was the precursor to the euro but the experience ended in humiliation for Britain when hedge funds, including the Hungarian billionaire George Soros, betted against the pound — and won.

From Fox News ● Apr. 5, 2019

I have money on Wigan staying up, betted a few weeks back.

From BBC ● May 6, 2013

Once we would have said, Mr. Pecksniff quitted the firm, betted on the horses, and wetted his whistle, then wedded his sweetheart in a suit that fitted him perfectly.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Beyond the rising cost of borrowing, some are questioning the risks of betting on an AI boom that could hit a wall, as the dot-com bubble did in 2000.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

Effectively, the recent sharp rally and positive chart outlook “have shaken out short sellers,” Morrison wrote, meaning those who were betting on bitcoin to fall were forced to close those positions.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Everything you need to know about the Rams facing the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, including start time, TV channel, injury updates and betting odds.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

Bayer’s pharma business has been looking to expand in the U.S., betting that an enlarged presence in the world’s largest drug market can help it revive sales growth after two key products went off patent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

They passed a group of goblins who were cackling over a sack of gold that they had undoubtedly won betting on the match, and who seemed quite unperturbed by the trouble at the campsite.

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling