pitfall
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“I think that’s the most common pitfall we see. You can get overlaps in exposures, or gaps in exposures, that you don’t realize that you have.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
While the fund has been a winner for investors, its success highlights a key pitfall for ETF investors.
From Barron's ● Apr. 17, 2026
But for passionate fans of this brittle candy, there's one pitfall.
From BBC ● Dec. 5, 2025
The upside is a bigger paycheck sooner, while the pitfall is a chance of owing money at tax time, he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 21, 2025
But he didn’t want to fall into a pitfall many photographers fell into—shooting a subject’s entire body, head to toe.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
Investors who are inclined to catastrophize already have plenty of potential pitfalls to fixate on these days.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 10, 2026
For all of its subtext about the pitfalls of algorithms, the film doesn’t wallow in nostalgia.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Traders are revealing where they see the biggest pitfalls in debt issuance related to artificial intelligence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Streaming links, along with advice on how to avoid their pitfalls, are freely available in online discussion groups.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
And the failure of Prohibition would provide the nation with a powerful lesson in the pitfalls of attempting to legislate morality.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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