abrupt change
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April 2025 was an example of when systematic strategies were whipsawed by an abrupt change of direction for risk assets.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
The reason for the abrupt change wasn’t specified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
It isn’t so much the earnings, but excitement about the airline’s guidance for 2026 that is behind the analysts’ abrupt change of heart.
From Barron's ● Jan. 9, 2026
For the elder of the two musicians, it marked an abrupt change of plans.
From BBC ● Jan. 5, 2026
Then—it seemed to me such an odd, abrupt change of subject: “You know, I’m glad I’ve been the first to establish official ties between Afro-Americans and our blood brothers in Africa.”
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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