prone
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Its chief executive owns 89% of the company, meaning the public float is thin, and the stock is prone to explosive short squeezes.
As people grow older, the immune system often becomes less balanced and more prone to dysfunction.
From Science Daily
Young adults whose market experience has primarily involved big gains can be equally prone to bailing out of stocks at the first sign of volatility, she adds.
From Barron's
Americans are also more prone to “home-country bias” than most, investing mainly in our domestic market.
Forests help absorb rainfall and stabilise the ground held by their roots, and their absence makes areas more prone to flash flooding and landslides, founder of The TreeMap David Gaveau told AFP in December.
From Barron's
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