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arcane

[ahr-keyn] / ɑrˈkeɪn /


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If the value of a fund’s purchased loans is inflated by an arcane accounting rule, investors may suffer significant losses when these loans become due.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Maybe that is true for the 500 biggest U.S. stocks but less so for a relatively arcane and less-researched sector such as BDCs.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

Turning to the arcane economic terminology of international accounting, the balance of payments is a complete ledger of all economic transactions between the U.S. and the rest of the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

It’s been a crash course for him, he said, on the often arcane laws that govern who gets to stay in America and who doesn’t.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Some huge percentage of the increase—more than half, certainly, but exactly how much more than half they declined to tell Eisman—flowed from the arcane end of the home finance sector, known as structured finance.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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