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While that may help explain its long-term outperformance, it’s worth noting the fund has managed to beat most of its category rivals without adding much risk.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

“It sucks when Sunday morning chocolate chip pancakes for the kiddos all of a sudden ends up in the ‘discretionary spending’ category of the budget.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 3, 2026

Think of it the way you might think of eggs: not as a single category, but as a spectrum of doneness, of mood, of purpose.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

NHS England data shows the annual and monthly mean response times for category one call-outs are routinely above its own target.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Sometimes I assigned something to one category when I really meant to assign it to the other category.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell