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In commodities, the team favors base industrial metals like aluminum, nickel, lead, and zinc, as artificial-intelligence and military buildouts increase demand while reinvestment rates by miners remain low, constricting supply.

From Barron's ● May 13, 2026

With all manner of industries constricting and AI threatening entry-level positions, many people have become delivery drivers, full-time or as an economically necessary side gig.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026

The album capped a lengthy, constricting record label contract that Charli had been trying to optimize for years, to varying success.

From Salon ● Feb. 8, 2026

Rising demand for silver-backed ETFs has also absorbed more of the metal, further constricting supply.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

It’s suffocating, pressing on my ribs and constricting my lungs, so I can only breathe halfway.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau



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