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inverse

[in-vurs, in-vurs, in-vurs] / ɪnˈvɜrs, ˈɪn vɜrs, ɪnˈvɜrs /


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Instead of single stocks, the retail crowd has recently been favoring so-called inverse ETFs — that is, funds that allow an investor to benefit when the price of an underlying stock or index falls.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, the inverse correlation between oil and stocks remained.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

He found the inverse correlation between rates and stocks is deeply negative at negative 0.5 — and the market’s rate sensitivity is as high as it’s been in several years.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

Spielberg’s film, released the year before “Testament,” is a sci-fi fantasy of suburban youth in a universe of expanding possibility—an inverse image of the considerably darker, not-so-improbable science fiction in which Scottie finds himself.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Lazlo’s wonder became its own dark inverse: not even despair, but nothingness.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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