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For funds more tied to a benchmark, it’s a little more difficult to take advantage of dislocations that can arise.

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When the metal is deformed, dislocations twist and shift, nudging nearby atoms into preferred positions.

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Amid the dislocations of a rapidly changing world, Mr. Rein finds inspiration and hope in biology, particularly the empathy he observes across the natural world.

Hansen observed that dislocations in the silver market are not unprecedented, but the magnitude is.

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But I’ve always felt a little titillated by the newness, even the dislocation,” she says.

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