principles
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For investors, this is a reminder of two basic principles: You can’t judge a fund by its name alone, and diverging even slightly from the broadest exposure to stocks can give you startlingly different results.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Under the law, each state can create its own guiding principles on how to oversee its coast, and federal officials must honor this state coastal management plan once it’s certified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Scientists are now attempting to apply these same principles to engineered nanomaterials.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
What Bessent didn’t offer was a concrete framework for how those principles should translate into specific investment decisions and guardrails pertaining to them.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
John Harris gave public lectures, accompanied by experiments, in London from 1698 to 1707, teaching ‘the principles of true Mechanick Philosophy’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
