bet
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Traditional online sports betting remains illegal in 19 states, including California and Texas, while events contracts are legal across the U.S. and regulated at the federal level by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
From Barron's
Stocks of mining companies significantly outperformed over the past week, as investors bet the Fed will cut interest rates at its upcoming meeting.
Any words from Powell or hints in the data that disrupt bets on the Fed’s next move could mean pain for stocks until the central bank does, in all likelihood, slash rates next week.
From Barron's
He’s betting the AI data-center boom will create more demand for electricity.
Given my track record thus far, I was betting on Google or Adobe.
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