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allocation

[al-uh-key-shuhn] / ˌæl əˈkeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
distribution
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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Another trope Hartnett identifies in asset allocation is “Anything But China.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 14, 2026

That £27.4m is being spent via Stormont departments, with the biggest allocation of £13m going to the Department for the Economy.

From BBC Aug. 10, 2026

Cedars-Sinai spokeswoman Sally Stewart added in an emailed statement that “changing the allocation formula risks undermining the system that Measure B was designed to protect and sustain.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 3, 2026

Seats would be awarded by moving down that ranking until each party had filled its national allocation.

From Science Daily Aug. 2, 2026

However, World Bank members, who came from many countries to meet in Moscow, were divided about the allocation.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

The rise of zombie funds could lead to more institutional and high-net-worth investors reducing their private-equity allocations, O’Connor said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

The asset manager is slightly overweight to Japan in its allocations, partly because the yen is at a 40-year low.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

But the fund also has sizable allocations to the industrial and consumer discretionary sectors, with 30% of its assets in those two sectors.

From Barron's Jun. 30, 2026

The $48 billion BlackRock Strategic Income Opportunities Portfolio Fund has sizable allocations to mortgage securities—agency and nonagency—and non-U.S. debt.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

Shift schedules, fund allocations, project juggling, out-and-out looting of other projects . . . he'd never pulled so many stunts in his life.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir




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