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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of underweight.

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Examples

  • In a Merrill Lynch survey of mutual-fund managers last month, China was the least favorite (or most "underweighted") Asian market.

    China's Slower Profit Train 2008

  • I'm more underweighted in financials, still looking for stocks that don't correlate with the market.

    Economic Consequences Of Stealth Dollar Devaluation Martin T. Sosnoff 2010

  • Even Dick Bove , the consistently bullish Rochdale Securities banking analyst, conceded this is a big problem for investors, adding that "portfolios should be underweighted because a deteriorating economy will create problems in developing increased operating earnings."

    Too Big to Fail? Perhaps, But Not in Your Portfolio David Weidner 2011

  • When deciding whom to admit, the participants overweighted applicants' GPAs and underweighted the effect of the grading norms at different schools.

    In Hiring and Promoting, Look Beyond Results Francesca Gino 2011

  • These agreements will also help strengthen our economic and commercial presence in Asia and Latin America, two regions where we have been strategically underweighted.

    The National-Security Case for Free Trade Tom Donilon 2011

  • I am not an economist (lawyer, sorry), but it was explained to me by a CBO economist when I worked for the House Budget Committee that the reason that CBO under-projected the surplus a few years back and under-projected the deficit more recently was that their models underweighted the effect of capital gains on federal revenue.

    IRA's to the Rescue?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

  • Even Dick Bove , the consistently bullish Rochdale Securities banking analyst, conceded this is a big problem for investors, adding that "portfolios should be underweighted because a deteriorating economy will create problems in developing increased operating earnings."

    Too Big to Fail? Perhaps, But Not in Your Portfolio David Weidner 2011

  • I believe that most investors are seriously underweighted in Chinese equities and would be well served over time by increasing their allocations.

    Why Investors Need China in Their Portfolios Burton G. Malkiel 2010

  • But for some very peculiar reasons, China is underweighted in that scheme.

    Avoid China At Your Own Risk, Says Malkiel 2010

  • The main reason: Any manager smart or lucky enough to have underweighted Japan in his portfolio was likely to have done better than the MSCI Europe and Far East index.

    Get Briefed: Burton Malkiel 2010

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