smart money
financial shrewdness
Smart Money
Smart Money is a
1931 film starring
Edward G. Robinson and
James Cagney, the only time Robinson and Cagney made a movie together, despite being the two leading gangster actors at
Warner Brothers studios all through the 1930s. Smart Money was shot after Robinson's signature film
Little Caesar had been released, and after Cagney's breakthrough masterpiece
Public Enemy had been filmed but before it was released, which is how Cagney came to play, just this once, the kind of supporting role usually done by
Humphrey Bogart later in the '30s. Robinson plays a barber who goes to the big city to become a gambler but finds himself rooked by a blonde and a gang of thugs, whereupon he vows to take revenge, with the help of his own henchman in the formidable form of Cagney. The movie was directed by directed by
Alfred E. Green.
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smart money
Noun
1. money bet or invested by experienced gamblers or investors (especially if they have inside information)
(hypernym) speculation, venture
2. (law) compensation in excess of actual damages (a form of punishment awarded in cases of malicious or willful misconduct)
(synonym) punitive damages, exemplary damages
(hypernym) damages, amends, indemnity, indemnification, restitution, redress
(hyponym) double damages
(classification) law, jurisprudence
3. people who are highly experienced or who have inside information; "the smart money said Truman would lose the election"
(hypernym) people
Smart money
Investors who make consistent
profits in the
market, regardless of the investing environment, by making wise, educated moves.
Smart Money
experienced investors and traders, who tend to spot trends and find investment opportunities before everyone else.