suboptimal

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Palihapitiya on Wednesday blamed several factors for his difficulties at Social Capital — a divorce, partners who he said made the firm a “political snake pit,” and what he said were “suboptimal” portfolio decisions that didn’t match his investment style.

From MarketWatch

“In crisis moments, people tend to make suboptimal decisions,” said Shah.

From MarketWatch

Its trailer, in which a voiceover intones: “A passion . . . An obsession . . . A love that destroyed everyone it touched,” is a bit unsettling to watch from the vantage of 2026, when love that destroys everyone it touches is generally understood to be suboptimal for all involved.

From Salon

Without fiduciaries serving as a buffer between the participant and the market, investments will be suboptimal.

From MarketWatch

“It’s actually incredibly inefficient, but because it’s so world-changing, they’re able to do it. It’s like, suboptimal from my seat, or from the seat of, let’s say, a finance professor who was looking at the problem.”

From Barron's