inverse
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The portfolio is weighted based on the inverse of each stock’s price volatility, according to the fund’s prospectus.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 8, 2026
Other funds will take the inverse position, using derivatives so that the ETF goes up when the stock declines—and vice versa.
From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026
For a few top teams, there actually appears to be an inverse relationship between the most successful teams and how much their players are paid.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026
Their motion asks the judge to order a judgment in the insurers’ favor that would make Edison liable for the damage under inverse condemnation, a legal doctrine in the state constitution.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026
Meanwhile, as though in inverse ratio to the vanishing voice, the invoked ghost of the man whom she could neither forgive nor revenge herself upon began to assume a quality almost of solidity, permanence.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
Vocabulary lists containing inverse
Opposites Attract
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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