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Another allure: The returns of private-equity investments, generally long-term bets on companies, sometimes diverge from stocks and bonds, offering investors diversification.

Private Equity Attracts Range of Investors Gregory Zuckerman 2012

Two models were bargain bets that didn't crack $100; the other two were high-end challengers, one of which topped out close to $350.

Rating Food Processors: Cook's Illustrated Reviews 8 Models Cook's Illustrated 2010

This big picture would hardly seem a pretty basis for the long-term bets that plane makers and their vast supplier networks are making in ever higher output.

About That Jet Plane Bubble Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

As faith in the global financial system returns, fears of market volatility are easing, increasing the appeal of longer-term bets on bread-and-butter themes like growth and inflation.

As Fears Ebb, Hedge Funds Dip Toes Back Into 'Macro' Bets Neil Shah 2012

"Whether these are positions traders were intent to hold through next year, or not, it looks like they were well-placed short-term bets," Ms. Duffy said.

Bears Hunt for Declines in Knight, Jefferies Chris Dieterich 2011

But his firm, which manages $8 billion in assets, relies on computer models that decide long-term bets solely on factors like economic growth and trade flows.

Euro Poised to Gain But Greece Is the Wild Card Neil Shah 2011

Wouldn't a person's income or accumulated wealth factor into the decision to enter into certain bets?

St. Petersburg Paradox, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The trades were short- and medium-term bets on debt issued by Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Belgium.

MF Global Weighs Its Sale Aaron Lucchetti 2011

Though Cisco emphasizes slightly different roles for those products, Dell'Oro analyst Alan Weckel says customers may remain confused about whether they should place long-term bets on the Catalyst 6500.

Cisco Is Set to Unveil Upgraded Switching Don Clark 2011

A number of regulators are probing MF Global's bookkeeping, its statements about the European exposure and its problems finding all of the customer money that it was required to keep separate from its own long-term bets on the market.

Jon Corzine Out at MF Global Aaron Lucchetti 2011