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asymmetry

[ay-sim-i-tree] / eɪˈsɪm ɪ tri /


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Scott Rubner, Citadel Securities’ head of equity and equity derivatives strategy, said the “near-term asymmetry has shifted.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

In a Facebook post shortly after his dismissal, Fedorov listed his achievements and said he would "continue... to defeat the enemy through asymmetry, speed of innovation, and organisational strength".

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

The union said there is an asymmetry in how the transaction treats customer information versus employee information.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

Albert Einstein showed that communication speeds can approach but never exceed the speed of light, so that information asymmetry is a fundamental property of the universe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Most of them involved an expert, or a gang of experts, promoting false information or hiding true information; in each case the experts were trying to keep the information asymmetry as asymmetrical as possible.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt




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