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paltry

[pawl-tree] / ˈpɔl tri /


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Such a paltry move, in the wake of a surprisingly strong U.S. monthly jobs report that hammered bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts, suggests a market that continues to search for direction.

From Barron's

“Years of narrow, large cap leadership have forced active investors into mega caps, leaving the average stock out in the cold — it’s 20% underweight, and owned by a paltry 10% of funds on average.”

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“Years of narrow, large cap leadership have forced active investors into mega caps, leaving the average stock out in the cold — it’s 20% underweight, and owned by a paltry 10% of funds on average.”

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State funding for the issue is generally paltry.

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It says those incentives help attract users and give consumers more choices in a world with paltry checking account interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal