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Index funds do not promise a specific return, other than that holders will do exactly as well as the index, minus an infinitesimal annual fee.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

The company lifted its revenue guidance for the fiscal year to $6.3 billion, plus or minus $100 million, up from an earlier range of $5.9 billion to $6.3 billion.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

For the year through January 2027, Inditex continues to anticipate a stable gross margin, plus or minus half a percentage point.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

The top panel in the chart below shows the index rising for several straight sessions, while the bottom panel shows the daily number of advancing stocks minus declining stocks staying negative over the same stretch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

We’d huddle together in a shuttle constructed out of chairs and bedsheets, and in T minus ten we’d blast off into space, visit the moon, Mars, the asteroid belt and beyond.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas