minus

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Putting it all together, the market’s 4.7% earnings yield minus the 2% real risk-free rate gives an ERP of 2.7%.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The steel and industrial company backed its outlook for most metrics for fiscal 2026, but cut its sales growth range to between minus 3% and 0%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Service prices minus energy and housing — a better proxy for broad U.S. inflation trends — rose at a 3.3% yearly pace in April, keeping them well above prepandemic levels of around 2.3%.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

"By sticking to the same production path -- just minus the UAE -- it's acting as if nothing has happened, deliberately downplaying internal fractures and projecting stability," Leon said.

From Barron's • May 3, 2026

Marina and Ivan’s brothers minus Dvoyka and Troyka came around the bend.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack