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Grantham

British

/ ˈɡrænθəm /

noun

a town in E England, in Lincolnshire: birthplace of Sir Isaac Newton and Margaret Thatcher. Pop: 34 592 (2001)

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Jeremy Grantham writes that we’re experiencing a speculative bubble and that the narrow stock-market indexes will produce unique underperformance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The four animals are expected to help return the West Glen River near Grantham to a more natural course after centuries of being straightened and deepened to drain farmland.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Yet Grantham commands a wide following on Wall Street.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

To get a sense of their priors, Grantham also just came out with a memoir, “The Making of a Permabear.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Mrs. Grantham nodded her head, “I find that easy to believe.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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