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Because crops take months to reach harvest, and growing seasons differ by region and by crop, El Niño’s supply impact typically occurs with a lag of about 16 months, according to Ibrahim.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

While management expects sequential improvement, Nomura expects the Reserve Bank of India’s October repo hike to reprice loans with a lag, and says FY 2028 margins hinge on further hikes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026

On the surface, this suggests that the technology stocks that have helped lead the S&P 500 higher may lag the broader market in the weeks ahead.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026

That’s especially true, adds Huang, “in a rapidly changing rate environment such as right now,” when “distribution yield can lag the portfolio’s current earning power” as rates rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026

Perhaps we should give you one day for the jet lag, yes?

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green

Defensive and interest-rate-sensitive areas of the market moved sharply higher this week, as stocks that had lagged over the past two months shot upward.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

UBS shares are up this year but have lagged behind their international peers, a factor that investors attribute to the debate over capital.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

"Before the ube craze, it was a niche market," he said, adding it had lagged behind high-value crops like bananas, mangoes and coffee.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

I hasten to add that it is not necessarily a criticism of these ETFs that they have lagged the broad market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

He did not elaborate, and the conversation lagged since I knew nothing about Nyack, New York.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

Nations are lagging behind a pledge to raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity by 2030 from public and private sources, including $30 billion a year in international finance for developing countries.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

If AI made it easier to pick market-beating stocks, we therefore should have seen a much lower percentage this year of mutual funds lagging the market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

Meanwhile, the crisis has been aggravated by lagging salaries.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

This unfavorable futures-curve shape, plus the fund’s 0.9% fee, explains why the fund is up about 14% year to date, lagging behind copper futures by about 3 percentage points.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Yes, there, far to the south, that could only be Swordfish, lagging as ever.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin