behooves

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So it behooves investors to sell some shares of companies in the ETF.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“It behooves investors to at least offer a little skepticism when there is such a broad consensus that everything will go well,” said Steve Sosnick, chief strategist at Interactive Brokers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 4, 2026

Opportunities such as this come along rarely, and it behooves retirees and near-retirees to seriously consider it for a portion of their retirement assets.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

If this type of unbearable heat is going to be part of humanity's long-term future, it behooves us to turn to history for precedents.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2023

Dr. Trefusis says it behooves me to remind myself of the heroics of men who seek the impossible in ships.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson