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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

Grantham still wouldn’t turn bullish if that comes to pass, since he has a long list of other reasons why the U.S. stock market’s longer-term prospects are very poor.

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

“Mom just nodded her head as though she agreed one hundred percent with Mrs. Grantham and was pleased as punch that Mrs. Grantham was so, so...you know, so perceptive.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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