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Dozens of these firms have sold stakes to private-equity investors, while other firms have struck deals with fellow accounting firms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

During the past decade, Wall Street aggressively sold shares in private-credit funds to retail investors with the promise of higher returns than stocks and bonds.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest sold 215,643 Advanced Micro Devices shares, valued at about $75 million, on Friday.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

The series was sold to almost every country in the world and an estimated 500 million viewers saw gorillas in a new light.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

They thought the traders had sold all this insurance without having any place they could go to buy it back.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis