volatile
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Here’s the best way to play a volatile market.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Chocolatiers are seeking alternatives to cocoa amid volatile prices and declining demand, leading to new product formulations.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Though the GPR is quite volatile on a day-to-day basis, in mid-April it dipped to less than half of its early-March high — and less than a third of its 2025 high last June.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
Meanwhile, core inflation, which strips out more volatile energy and food costs, was unchanged from the flash reading at 2.3%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Summertime riots had become an annual event in America’s inner cities, starting with the Los Angeles Watts conflagration in 1965, and the climate in Durham that spring was particularly volatile.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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