deterioration

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One of the consequences of this trend has been the deterioration of strategies exploiting what’s known as “post-earnings announcement drift,” or PEAD.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 3, 2026

S&P revises its outlook for Blackstone Secured Lending to stable from positive, citing lower financial flexibility and deterioration in asset quality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Brooklyn Rivera, who founded the central American nation's indigenous movement Yatama, died due to "physical and neurological deterioration" linked to a Covid-19 infection, the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health stated on Sunday.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

Participants who received the real gait retraining reported pain relief comparable to medication, and MRI scans suggested they had less knee cartilage deterioration than people in the placebo group.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

While I did my homework in the kitchen I heard Milton’s resonant, drill-like voice saying, “Socrates: ‘There seem to be two causes of the deterioration of the arts’ Adeimantus: ‘What are they?’

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides