That insular grip on power allowed the company to make long-term bets, which paid off handily.
"I think the retailer is going to be forced to make some edit decisions, who they want to place their long-term bets with," he said.
From a male point of view they don't look like a long-term bet.
Some record industry people would say it is a long-term bet.
Investors must be willing to let managers take the long-term bets that will make them winners.
The firms are making long-term bets on the retail brokerage business, analysts said.
The best advice is to stick with the long-term bet as long as you still believe in it.
But institutional investors are willing to make long-term bets that as agriculture rebounds, so will their holdings.
Many warrants have years to run, enabling an investor to place a relatively low-cost, long-term bet on a company.
It was a long-term bet on the ability of new management to turn around the company.
