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The bread and butter of Boston asset management has been actively managed equity mutual funds, a business that has been crimped by investors choosing exchange-traded funds, index funds, and alternative investments instead.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
“If the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, it is hard to see how oil, gas and other important commodities produced in the Middle East could find alternative routes to market,” Kashkari wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
His fundamental difference with the SNP remains the independence question, even if Labour's support for new nuclear power stations does offer an alternative dividing line.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
And Musk has a clear alternative to Tesla.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 2026
Today at lunch Aaron was trying to, as usual, convert me to listening to his alternative heavy metal bands.
From "From Twinkle, with Love" by Sandhya Menon
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