underweight
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Dan Pickering, chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners, puts it this way: “The more visible energy gets, the riskier an underweight position gets.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
The largest discrepancy appeared in the underweight group.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
They’re underweight other fixed-income while still liking U.S. stocks, citing their more defensive nature versus other regions, positive operating leverage, pro-cyclical policy and the potential for AI-driven efficiency gains.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026
Morgan Stanley double-downgrades its outlook for the European software sector to underweight.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Despite the extraordinary fineness of his features, and his age, and his general stature—clothed, he could easily have passed for a young, underweight danseur—the cigar was not markedly unbecoming to him.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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