greed
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Everyone knows fear and greed power markets, but few realize that many investors have lost the ability to be fearful.
From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026
Det Const Arben Morina, who is leading the investigation, said: "Conticello thought nothing of helping himself to someone else's possessions, and he now faces a prison sentence as a result of his greed."
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, the cover of “The Behavior Gap,” his 2012 bestseller, features a roller-coaster line showing the ups and downs of greed and fear.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026
The footage, which appears in Laura Poitras’ marvelous 2022 documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” is a haunting vision of lethal corporate greed.
From Salon • Mar. 14, 2026
The miller’s eyes were now overflowing with an insatiable greed.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
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