In addition to risk (return) from specific stock selection or industry and factor "bets," it can also include risk (return) from market timing decisions.

Other good bets include frost-tolerant flowers like China asters, larkspur and calendulas.

Best bets from the tray include cheesecake and chocolate mousse in a chocolate shell.

Return is also given for (combinations of) five or four correctly picked winners, even if the same bet included more correct picks.

These bets include all place bets, taking odds, and buying on numbers 6, 8, 5, and 9, as well as laying all numbers.

Likely bets include spoon, irregular incurve, spider and quill.

A good bet here might include Palette Chateau Simone, with its delicate floral tones ($80).

Best bets include the roast chicken with mashed potatoes and a good New York strip steak with french fries.

The best bets might include drug chains and grocery chains, "areas that are relatively immune" from economic or political events, she said.

Good bets include the brewery fries (a sort of vegetable tempura appetizer) and the green chili soup.