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Meanings of bad bets in English

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Usage of bad bets in English
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Jon Corzine, collapsed Oct. 31 after making bad bets on European sovereign debt.
Reuters
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You would've had commercial banks, big money center banks that had made bad bets.
The new yorker
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MF Global declared bankruptcy after making a series of bad bets on European debts.
The Guardian
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Big bad bets Woodford bought big stakes in many companies that performed very poorly.
The Guardian
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Like most gamblers, Wicker remembers his winning wagers better than he does his bad bets.
Reuters
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I won't make any bad bets in Chicago.
The Hustler
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Last year's vote happened only five days after the company first acknowledged its bad bets on credit derivatives.
Reuters
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U.S. futures brokerage MF Global filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday following bad bets on euro zone debt.
Reuters
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MF Global, a futures brokerage, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday following bad bets on euro zone debt.
Reuters
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The ring-fencing rules seek to avoid a repeat of the 2008 crisis, when banks' bad bets threatened depositors' cash.
Reuters
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At the same time, he emphasized the complexity of the bad bets that are now unraveling across capital markets.
Reuters
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The report chronicles a series of bad bets on derivatives that were compounded by traders doubling down their stakes.
The Guardian
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Investors cheered the bank for capping losses and taking steps to ensure it avoids similar bad bets in the future.
Reuters
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MF Global, a U.S.-based futures broker, collapsed on Oct. 31 last year after making bad bets on European sovereign debt.
Reuters
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Drew spent more than 30 years at the bank, and left it in May, after the bad bets became public.
Reuters
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In the fourth quarter, the company recorded its first loss ever, mostly because of bad bets on risky subprime mortgages.
Reuters
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