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investment

[in-vest-muhnt] / ɪnˈvɛst mənt /


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She worked in finance for almost two decades and says her time as an investment analyst taught her to see writing as both a craft and a business.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Aschenbrenner sold the bulk of Situational’s stock portfolio to Ken Griffin’s investment firm Citadel after suffering deep losses.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Just four months after Arsenal won the Premier League under the ownership of US billionaire Stan Kroenke, Liverpool's hierarchy have opted for outside investment in a bid to regain the crown.

From Barron's Aug. 14, 2026

The investment in Delta, which came to light in May, represents a return to the airline sector for Berkshire.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

A near seven-hundred-dollar investment wasn’t a small sacrifice in our home, so I wore it with pride, like armor.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

A basketball team would seem more a trophy than a natural fit in Kushner’s portfolio of investments in artificial intelligence and other transformative technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

Moreover, Meta stands to improve the returns on its AI investments by integrating models into its advertising technology even more, Post noted.

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

When the costs of collectively provided goods are invisible, the investments required to sustain them are easy to overlook.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

These worrying landmarks reinforce a market perception that fixed-income investments are losing bets, a sentiment Hartnett summarizes as “Anything But Bonds.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

A financial customer might be reasonably familiar with the world of investments and still have to puzzle over what a company brochure means by “capital changes and rights.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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