adage

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Penn Mutual Managing Director Scott Ellis says that policymakers remain “at the top of our watch list…the old adage that ‘markets stop panicking when policymakers start to’ still seems to resonate.”

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Eisenhower's adage on thinking ahead came in a speech in 1957.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

The now somewhat dated adage still stands: if you’re not paying for it, you’re not a customer, you’re the product.

From Salon • Mar. 11, 2026

As the Wall Street adage goes, overbought doesn’t mean over.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 6, 2026

An adage in sports is that “defense wins championships.”

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel