discount

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Why pay full price for an investment when a similar one is available at a 20%-plus discount?

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

It trades at around $23.75 a share, a discount of more than 10% to its year-end NAV.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

If the investors tried to sell to anyone else, they most likely would have to sell at a discount.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

That’s why Lindsey Wallace, 35, finds herself going to discount stores like Dollar Tree or local 99-cent stores in Los Angeles, scouring for good deals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

His father had always told him not to bring cocoons late in the day because then you had to sell them at a discount.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides