allocation
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If your safe portfolio allocation is stuffed with long-duration Treasurys, you own a leveraged bet on falling rates.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026
That history is why contesting the constitutional allocation of public safety cannot mean giving private people authority to govern vulnerable people.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
To compound matters, the wheelchair accessible allocation was on the opposite side of the ground to the away section, leaving Jones isolated.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
In this environment, keeping some allocation in gold to hedge against the unforeseen is rational.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
None had their complete allocation of walls and ceilings.
From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell
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The rise of zombie funds could lead to more institutional and high-net-worth investors reducing their private-equity allocations, O’Connor said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Many investors received allocations far lower than their demand with the top twenty-five accounts reportedly accounting for 65% of the deal.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 13, 2026
The asset manager is slightly overweight to Japan in its allocations, partly because the yen is at a 40-year low.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
“This argues for reconsidering portfolio allocations that were shaped during the low-yield, low-volatility decade following the global financial crisis,” said the Pimco team.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 13, 2026
Shift schedules, fund allocations, project juggling, out-and-out looting of other projects . . . he'd never pulled so many stunts in his life.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Vocabulary lists containing allocation
Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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