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- adjective etc Having a
ladder in them. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ladder .
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Examples
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Bubba, conservative and laddered is the way to go.
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Many investors will build a "laddered" portfolio of bonds of different maturities.
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Some wealthier investors are using a "laddered" strategy with their CDs, says Serena Owens, an associate director of consumer protection at the FDIC.
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Henry Waxman's week was detailed by The Nation and since the article featured some thoughts about Barack Obama's cabinet selection process, it got 'laddered' up on the Cabinet NewsLadder where it then got voted up to the top of the charts, meaning it also bubbled up to the top of the main NewsLadder.
James Boyce: What's Up With NewsLadder: Two Sides Of Henry Waxman 2008
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And New Look are doing a bomb with their Rihanna-style "laddered" tights.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Bernanke's remarks suggest the maturity limits could be shortened or "laddered," Swirsky said.
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What would actually happen, is most plans would have a certain % earmarked for liquidation (maybe a laddered bond position or just the most volatile allocation in the portfolio) and the rest of the portfolio would be designed to provide an indefinite amount of dividend income.
Social Security Privatization, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Neruda called the site "high city of laddered stone / finally resident of what is earthly" in perhaps his fine poem, "Alturos de Macchu Picchu." 140 stone structures comprise the site, along with terraced outcroppings for farming irrigated by an intricate system of fountains and aqueducts fed by underground springs.
Meg Waite Clayton: Exploring Machu Picchu 100 Years After Hiram Bingham Meg Waite Clayton 2011
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Taxable investors might consider a geographically diversified, high quality municipal bond laddered portfolio.
The Way To Get Back Into The Market When You're Gun Shy Ron Florance 2010
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Mr. Cougill says laddered bonds were a buffer during the stock-market downturn of 2008-09 because advisers could use the proceeds from maturing bonds to meet clients' cash requirements.
Who's Afraid of Munis? Shefali Anand 2011
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