inverse

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Instead of single stocks, the retail crowd has recently been favoring so-called inverse ETFs — that is, funds that allow an investor to benefit when the price of an underlying stock or index falls.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Still, the inverse correlation between oil and stocks remained.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

That very round $50 level was also the area of a bullish inverse head and shoulders breakout seen in September 2017.

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

That’s the inverse of the recent trend, and it shows how cruel markets can be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 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