in the short run
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Many such funds with high distribution yields in the short run end up producing low or negative total returns in the long run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2026
His downgrade of AT&T doesn’t reflect a dramatically different view of the company’s financial prospects in the short run.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026
This can be tactically useful in the short run to keep long-term yields from spiking.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Even something that sounds simple and straightforward in the long run, like “large growth” or “large value,” can be a roll of the dice in the short run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
But we also need to recognize that in the short run, during and immediately after the war for independence, there was a prevailing consensus that slavery was already on the road to extinction.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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