1.   Both managers had reportedly made a wrong bet on the dollar, believing it would remain strong.

2.   Also, Packard Bell made a wrong bet that consumers would want the most inexpensive machines rather than high-performance machines at affordable prices, Brown said.

3.   But I think the assumption that it will turn out to be a negative is a wrong bet.

4.   But what if the business community made the wrong bet on the consumer?

5.   If foreign money keeps pouring in, the local short-sellers may worry that they made the wrong bet.

6.   In other words, the fund allocates big chunks of its assets to a few industries, so if Elijah makes a wrong bet, the fund is vulnerable.

7.   Last month Vanderheiden acknowledged he was disappointed with his returns, which were hurt by a wrong bet on bonds in recent years.

8.   That was the wrong bet, analyst Wallace said.

9.   But his wrong bets last year began to put him in the red.

10.   Leeson is said to have made wrong bets on which way the Tokyo stock market would go.