blue chips
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Shares of healthcare firms, banks, consumer staple companies, small-caps and blue chips are declining as higher rates and rising costs drag them down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
The strategy shifted somewhat on April 8, when his accounts only purchased 327 individual stocks, spending more than $3.6 million to scoop up Apple, Berkshire Hathaway and other blue chips.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
A "blue chips swap" allows an investor to buy a foreign asset, usually in a country with a depreciated currency, then sell it abroad at a higher price.
From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025
D.L.J. focused on the stocks of smaller, up-and-coming firms rather than slower-growing blue chips.
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
The great black lid of sky cracked in six powdery blue chips, like a marvelous crackled glaze, and rushed down.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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