overweight
Example Sentences
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Recency bias leads investors to project recent gains forward, while familiarity bias causes them to overweight what they know best.
From MarketWatch
Morgan upgraded the mining sector to overweight last March and still sees further gains for precious and industrial metals prices.
From Barron's
“Over the last decade, the market has been overweight the U.S., and there’s been a realization that there are better opportunities outside of the U.S.”
From MarketWatch
They bounce disgustingly when I run or even walk down a set of stairs and people are not exactly as sensitive as they would be if I were handicapped or overweight.
From Salon
“The reason for the large U.S. overweight of the past 15 years is fundamentally due to superior economic performance and asset returns,” they wrote.
From MarketWatch
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