principles

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These highly volatile funds are designed for active, short-term traders, not long-term investors, and run counter to diversification principles.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The master plan fills in that concept with extensive detail, historical data, environmental guidelines and design principles.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Eckhard Jann points out that the current system is still largely founded on principles set out in 1944.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

The connectome may also reveal basic principles that apply to nervous systems across species, including humans.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

More than theology or philosophy, Darwin was drawn to natural history—the study of the natural world using systematic scientific principles.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee