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Buying shares of the company you work for isn’t necessarily a bad move — but you should understand the risks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

A poll in the piece showed 70% of our readers thought the overhaul was a bad move.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2025

“That’s a bad move, baseball-wise, karma-wise, baseball-gods-wise,” Schumaker said of intentionally walking Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 20, 2024

That last one is a very bad move.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2023

It was like playing chess and making a bad move and not knowing why but knowing instinctively that it was a bad move.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara




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