Industry Bet

The act of an investor buying or selling stock in an entire industry rather than in only one company in that industry. Investors make industry bets instead of "company bets" because it is thought to be easier to predict an uptrend or downtrend for a set of related stocks rather than any individual stock. See also: Industry diversification.

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If he felt any urge to ask why these fellows who so clearly don't understand the EMS industry bet their clients' money on it, he resisted saying so.

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LE BOURGET (France): The world s biggest international air show goes into its second day yesterday after chalking up $20 billion in sales with hopes high of more to come as the airline industry bets on sustained growth ahead.

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is currently one of those special offer affairs in the high street shops alongside The Streets, Morrissey and the host of top-line acts the record industry bets its hat on to hike up the end of year profits.

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