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top-heavy

adjective as in unstable

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Investors like Bahnsen who are skeptical of Silicon Valley’s spending spree believe that a top-heavy market reliant on periodic moments of dip-buying is bound to tip over.

But the weight of the obelisk on even a very large vessel would make it top-heavy and unstable.

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Investors are worried that the enthusiasm around artificial intelligence has propelled the S&P 500 to a series of record highs this year that have left it both richly valued and extremely top-heavy.

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Investment, he said, needed to be in "the right places" not "top-heavy organisations".

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If he can revert back to being a near .300 hitter, it could significantly help lengthen a sometimes top-heavy lineup.

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