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Exacerbating investors’ action bias wouldn’t be so dangerous to your wealth if investing was a pursuit in which doing something — anything — is better than doing nothing.
From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026
I’ve been playing since I was 11, but I reached a point where I was getting better a lot slower than my brother was or than other people in my life.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
“A returned item is better than a one-star review, after all.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026
Meanwhile, another potential leadership contender, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner told a conference of the Communication Workers Union that "we as a party have to do better than this".
From BBC • May 11, 2026
“You shouldn’t feel that way, Lexie. You’re overreacting again. We’d get along a lot better if you’d just learn to chill out.”
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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