arithmetic
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In the article, entitled “The Arithmetic of Active Management,” Sharpe showed that, while beating the market is a win-lose, zero-sum game before transaction costs, it is a lose-lose, negative-sum game after those costs.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Arithmetic explains part of this: When the rungs on the ladder are closer together, it’s easier to climb.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025
"Arithmetic is important, but so is beauty, so is belonging, so is democracy," he had said.
From BBC • Oct. 30, 2022
Arithmetic gives Mr. Yen confidence that Mr. Trump’s talk will be muted by the realities of the marketplace.
From New York Times • Dec. 2, 2016
Arithmetic suggests that if England had been the size of the Triple Alliance, it would have executed, on average, about 7,500 people per year, roughly twice the number Cortes estimated for the empire.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Vocabulary lists containing arithmetic
Expressions and Equations
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Operations and Algebraic Thinking
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