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But these days, with investors’ faith in that sector shaken, it is BlackRock’s steady, if less glamorous, public-markets business that has the company on stronger footing than rivals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

And the number of black women in the field is fewer still, at less than 7%.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

But he notes that this is far less than the risk and insurance cost during the war.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

But forward returns, generally speaking, have been more mixed: Three months later, the index has been positive less than 50% of the time.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

They had more or less run amuck and were damming up rivers and flooding highways, filling pastures, even beginning to invade the cities.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen