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[fuhnd] / fʌnd /




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The United Nations launched a "loss and damage" fund in 2025 to aid the impacts of climate change, though it has not yet begun distributing its limited cash.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

You’d talk to fund managers or journalists, and they’d say, “You eggheads. You don’t understand markets.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

The would-be business owner sets up a fund, called a search fund, and aims to attract money from both institutional investors and wealthy individuals.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

The negative-beta stocks worked particularly well during the volatile phase when the Iran war was first launched, as well as at the time of the blowup of the hedge fund Situational Awareness in July.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

A few years later, he quit his job and went to work for a giant hedge fund called Chilton Investment.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Employees without emergency savings are twice as likely to turn to their retirement funds for loans or withdrawals, Fidelity has said previously.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

That’s much more than the $26.5 billion, or 0.07% of AUM, that all equity funds took in a year ago, and compares with $2 billion of outflows for U.S. equity funds seen in August 2025.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

Scuro says it is possible Monaco will look at selling other players to countries whose transfer window remains open in order to acquire the funds they need.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

If you look at the growth in index funds, there’s been similar growth in trading volumes.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

No one wanted to trim its list of priorities, but how to raise funds when Tom White’s money eventually ran out was subject to much debate.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Third-party special-needs trusts are typically created and funded by a donor, you in this case.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

The three-year project by the wildlife trust and invertebrate conservation charity Buglife has been funded with £212,000 from the government's wildlife restoration campaign.

From BBC Sep. 1, 2026

The money would have funded projects to bolster New York's resiliency against climate impacts like flooding and extreme heat.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

That earlier study was funded by the National Institutes of Health and the National Center for Research Resources.

From Science Daily Sep. 1, 2026

In Gideon, the Supreme Court left it to state and local governments to decide how legal services should be funded.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

But funding for paleontology remains limited and the research community small, while expeditions into remote areas can be costly.

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

By funding healthcare and education, it would invest in the human capital that companies need to thrive.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 2, 2026

Cal Fire’s Kevin Conway believes that if the bill becomes law, it will, in practice, limit funding.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Social Security will need a package of provisions to fix the funding shortfall.

From MarketWatch Sep. 2, 2026

The guide notes that agency ratings and funding are tied to whether they are “adopting and implementing effective applicant screening,” a clear signal that agencies may be penalized for not cleaning house.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander




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