Sentence examples for makes big bets from inspiring English sources

Wall Street constantly makes big bets based on analysts' reports about such work.

Janus, which makes big bets on technology companies, owned more than 260 million shares of Nokia, the Finnish cell phone giant, as of June, according to an S.E.C. filing.

Sand Hill Road makes big bets and has done well funding very nascent technologies.

CGM Focus, a no-load fund managed by veteran Kenneth Heebner, makes big bets on a small number of stocks and scored last year with such picks as Companhia Vale do Rio Doce and Vimpel Communications.

The app comes out of Science, an investment firm and incubator of sorts that works on a bunch of things simultaneously and then makes big bets on the ones they think will be successful.

Last year the pair launched Arista Networks, a low-cost switchmaker aimed at snagging business from Cisco. 5 | William Ford, 47 General Atlantic 2008 Rank: 6. Ex-investment banker makes big bets in growing companies, many in the financial tech sector.

The loss-making trades will further stoke the debate over whether banks make big bets under the guise of hedging.

One, making big bets on India, is welcome.

But he gained notice making big bets — and generating big profits — trading government bonds.

They have also allowed investors to make big bets, despite putting little money down.

At Goldman Sachs, traders made big bets that the prices of mortgage securities would fall.