prudent
Example Sentences
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Berkshire’s current size means that the company must be even more prudent when making investment decisions than it has been in the past, Buffett has said.
But if I was going to personalize nature, I thought it would be prudent to backstop my feelings with expertise.
From Los Angeles Times
So far, the companies have been uncharacteristically prudent with their windfalls, paying down debt and buying back stock rather than spending wildly on takeovers.
From Barron's
“It makes a man feel prudent like; and then goodbye to happiness. You give me what I ask you, Governor: not a penny more, and not a penny less.”
The prudent investor allocates a small portion of his portfolio to quantum exposure, accepts that volatility is the price of admission, and recognizes that long-term trajectory matters more than monthly price swings.
From MarketWatch
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