Forster

American

[fawr-ster] / ˈfɔr stər /

noun

E(dward) M(organ), 1879–1970, English novelist.

Forster British

/ ˈfɔːstə /

noun

E ( dward ) M ( organ ). 1879–1970, English novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. His best-known novels are A Room with a View (1908), Howard's End (1910), and A Passage to India (1924), in all of which he stresses the need for sincerity and sensitivity in human relationships and criticizes English middle-class values

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“I don’t believe the bottom is in…the market expects outsized swings as we head into the new year,” Nick Forster, founder at crypto options platform Derive.xyz, wrote in a Tuesday note.

From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025

Forster and the computer scientist Alan Turing — all three being, like their creator, King’s College alumni.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025

Among the performers is 29-year-old Finn Forster, from Teesside, who's gone from playing pubs to supporting Stereophonics on their recent European tour.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

“With order books thinned out, forced liquidations and panic selling had an outsize impact on price, fueling a self-reinforcing cascade of liquidations and accelerating the flash crash,” Forster noted.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 13, 2025

In this case, he decided, Forster was wrong.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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