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Buy the biggest, most obvious stocks that the large passive funds will be obliged to invest in because, if the theme works, these heavyweights will make money rather, the advice goes.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

But in January this year, a serious sticking point emerged about how far the intelligence services would be obliged to co-operate.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

If the index begins to decline towards 6,500, CTAs will be obliged to offset that directional risk by selling more and more futures as it falls.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 10, 2025

“Either shadow banks will be obliged to accept greater regulation, or sooner or later, one or more of them will get caught in a mess that roils the markets,” Ellis told Barron’s in an email.

From Barron's • Dec. 5, 2025

“Men who have been intimate all their lives,” he observed, “cross the street to avoid meeting, and turn their heads another way, lest they should be obliged to touch hats.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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