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Derating happens when the share price of a company falls, even as underlying earnings are holding up, resulting in a lower price-to-earnings multiple.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

“While growth has been holding up this year, the fiscal impulse is projected to turn from positive in 2026 to negative in 2027 and 2028,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

For years, baseball coaches have broken rules by holding batting practice before playoff games, resulting in teams forfeiting and coaches learning ignorance of a rule is no excuse.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

With the clock ticking down, Wade carried Newcastle forward with a trademark burst down the wing, but the home side were eventually guilty of holding on as Leicester gratefully kicked to touch to claim victory.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I’m outside, too, carried out by the Hecht’s throng, holding wrapped-paper parcels in my arms that I’m vaguely aware I didn’t pay for.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

I hadn’t realized how emotionally attached I had become to inanimate holdings or to my own sense of financial savvy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Skydance will carry more than $80 billion in debt, much of it acquired to retire the holdings of Warner Bros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

The World Gold Council’s 2026 Central Bank Gold Reserves Survey found that 89% of reserve managers expect global central-bank gold holdings to rise over the next 12 months.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Keep an emergency fund outside your crypto holdings, so you’re not forced to sell during a downturn, and have enough money for car repairs.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026

Sidley & Austin was representing the chemical conglomerate Union Carbide in an antitrust trial involving the sale of one of its business holdings.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama