11.   Debt traders bet on corporate downgrades.

12.   Each time it fell, currency traders bet that the currency would rise from that point on.

13.   Even so, traders are betting refineries will be able to make up the deficit after completing seasonal maintenance work in October.

14.   Even so, trading of Canadian dollar futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange indicated traders are betting the dollar has reached rock-bottom.

15.   Financial market traders are increasingly betting the Bank of Japan will raise interest rates in late May or early June.

16.   Gilts got an early boost from advancing U.S. bonds which rose Friday as traders bet recent talk of accelerating inflation and higher interest rates was overdone.

17.   In fact, some analysts said traders are betting further delays are possible.

18.   In the last three weeks traders have bet interest rates would rise in step with the economic recovery.

19.   It appears that traders are betting that a deal will be announced sooner rather than later.

20.   Many bond traders bet today that Stansky will sell.