underweight
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It’s underweight both U.S. stocks and bonds at the moment, giving more weight to cash and emerging-market stocks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
They say that those in their early teens are much more likely to have miscarriages and underweight babies than adult women.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
With those concerns top of mind, analysts at the firm on Friday downgraded shares of the streaming giant to underweight — the rough equivalent of a sell rating — from equal weight.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
You’d want to underweight stocks so long as you believe interest rates will continue rising, but overweight them once you think that a rate-cut cycle is about to begin.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
It found that about two thirds of those surveyed were stunted or underweight.
From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden
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