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While that may help explain its long-term outperformance, it’s worth noting the fund has managed to beat most of its category rivals without adding much risk.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Both fall under the category of "mundane job simulations", an ever-growing gaming genre in which people carry out routine and - on the face of it - not very exciting tasks.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Ever since it emerged out of California’s skateboard shops and from the streets of Flatbush in Brooklyn, N.Y., in the 1980s, however, this category has exploded into a multibillion-dollar retail business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It sucks when Sunday morning chocolate chip pancakes for the kiddos all of a sudden ends up in the ‘discretionary spending’ category of the budget.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

To her mind, it implied that she was “eliminated from any category even approaching anything interesting.”

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield