arcane
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If the value of a fund’s purchased loans is inflated by an arcane accounting rule, investors may suffer significant losses when these loans become due.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
Maybe that is true for the 500 biggest U.S. stocks but less so for a relatively arcane and less-researched sector such as BDCs.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
I can’t tell you how many times I called or emailed the senior index analyst at S&P Dow Jones Indices to resolve some arcane question no one else could answer.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
This included rare discs of world music, arcane complete series of early classical music, Ravi Shankar playing Indian ragas, Led Zeppelin and everything in between.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025
To simulate gravity, feign grief and pretend supernatural intelligence of the hereafter in so fearsome and arcane a circumstance as death seemed the most criminal of offenses.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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