alternative
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The alternative that doesn’t involve going short is shifting some of your equity portfolio into sectors of the stock market that nevertheless do well in Septembers of midterm election years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
They’re a liquid alternative asset, basically the closest thing you could get to a sparkly cartoon slot machine, where one lucky pull could mean hundreds of dollars in profit.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
However, this stereotype is being challenged by those who welcome an alternative crowd to events.
From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026
Harris left Apollo in January 2022 and started 26 North Partners, an alternative asset management firm with some $37 billion under management.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
For Gilbert, the experimental method is an alternative, not a supplement, to Aristotle.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Periods of easy financial conditions tend to increase demand for scarce assets that the government can’t print like gold and commodities, and bitcoin has historically responded with far more volatility than these traditional alternatives.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
However, producing animal-based foods at the scale required to meet global demand also carries environmental costs, which has driven interest in more sustainable alternatives.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
Some families who objected to those policies helped fuel explicitly Christian scouting alternatives.
From Salon ● Aug. 28, 2026
Dubai-based Iranians said they are already planning alternatives for getting money to and from Iran if the banks get shut down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
I felt the nurse had been instructed to show me my alternatives.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
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