tactic

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This contrarian rebalancing tactic of selling top performers to pay for new bets adds “modest value over the long run,” writes Trivariate Research President Adam Parker.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

The tactic is infuriating to opposition parties, and many viewers and listeners at home.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

A favorite tactic was to slip into a flock of sleeping birds in a “sneak” boat and slap its sides just before the shot to get the birds’ heads up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

“Maybe it’s a TACO, maybe it’s a negotiating tactic, or maybe it’s a ruse. No one knows for sure, maybe not even Trump himself,” Elliott said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

This tactic meant that Cleopatra would either have to leave her fleet and travel with Mark Antony or be separated from Mark Antony to lead her fleet by herself.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby