minus

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Putting it all together, the market’s 4.7% earnings yield minus the 2% real risk-free rate gives an ERP of 2.7%.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

One limiting factor will be the availability of export infrastructure, such as the multibillion-dollar terminals that chill natural gas to minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit to make it a liquid suitable for ocean transport.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

The steel and industrial company backed its outlook for most metrics for fiscal 2026, but cut its sales growth range to between minus 3% and 0%.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

When analyzing the correlation between two data sets — or assets, or indexes — readings are scaled between minus 1 and 1, with 0 suggesting no relationship.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

But the difference between your friend “now” and now minus a hundred-millionth of a second is too small to notice.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan