proxy
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JPMorgan uses the New York Stock Exchange net debit balance as a proxy for how much exposure retail investors have in stocks.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
This proxy suggests to Panirgitzoglou that investor leverage stands “at extreme levels by historical standards” but showing some signs of retreat in recent months.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026
Residential proxy networks are now a go-to resource for nation-state hackers, who use them as a conduit to U.S. targets, said Brett Leatherman, assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
Midnight Blizzard, a Russian hacking group that broke into Microsoft, used residential proxy networks to steal Microsoft 365 credentials by logging in from U.S. home networks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
In Skadden, the legal historian Lincoln Caplan describes that early world of takeovers: The winner of a proxy contest was determined in the snake pit.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
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