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short-term

[shawrt-turm] / ˈʃɔrtˈtɜrm /


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“The IPO structure created a very powerful short-term technical setup,” Shay Boloor, the chief market strategist at Futurum Equities, told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 20, 2026

The 50-DMA is a short-term trend tracker that extended to $508.14 on Thursday, according to FactSet.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

Across L.A., hotel demand lagged compared with initial expectations, but short-term rental prices still jumped 56% compared with typical rates, and more than 70% of rentals were booked by December 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 19, 2026

Most glaringly, it became an explicit policy tool when the Fed thought it was struggling to implement policy with short-term rates near zero but has persisted long after policy normalized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026

At first Lefty forgot short-term things like where’d he put down his fountain pen or his glasses, and then he forgot what day it was, what month, and finally what year.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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