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asset

[as-et] / ˈæs ɛt /


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In the past few years, asset managers started chasing retail funding — with some funds becoming reliant on individual investors, who are more susceptible to panic.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

The experience of the nonagency mortgage-backed securities market before the 2008 financial crisis shows how opacity can enable misrepresentations of asset quality, erode investor confidence and contribute to market unraveling.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

And when they invest in other funds, the accounting rules let them simply adopt the net asset values, or NAVs, provided by other fund managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

“That’s partly because they’re older, but also because they bought homes earlier and rode decades of asset appreciation,” said Kent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

Thanks to auxiliary fuel tanks and slender, ultraefficient Davis wings, it could fly literally all day, a decisive asset in the sprawling World War II theaters.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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