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Say it was a hot spring in New York and you wanted to place a bet on Polymarket about the temperature reaching 100 degrees in Central Park this month.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Oil became the more direct way to bet on geopolitical disruption, while AI-linked tech stocks offered a clearer growth story and stronger earnings momentum.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
Riding a wave of hype and capital, quantum computing was thrust back into the spotlight last month as the U.S. government made a $2 billion bet on the technology.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
GM plans to revamp its energy business and place a big bet on sodium-ion batteries just as shares of rival Ford got a boost from a similar move a few weeks ago.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Only the gains and losses from the side bet on the bonds were real.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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