losses

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At the same time, taking excessive risk could expose you to significant losses.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

—Bitcoin edged slightly higher but its recovery from last week’s heavy losses remains limited.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

That’s a key point to make when markets are seeing index level losses despite some flight to quality trading.

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

In the past few weeks, staff have started a boycott of marking in protest at planned job losses, with nearly 2,700 employees placed at risk of redundancy.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

How did the bet perform, for instance, using the assumption of losses generated by the most pessimistic Wall Street analyst?

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis