buy and sell
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“They may pass the costs to the American importer and exporter and ultimately to their customers, whether it be American consumers, factories or others who buy and sell these products.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026
Investors can buy and sell shares on the open market without any limits, and those trades move the share prices up and down as they would any public equity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
Closed-ends are regulated mutual funds that trade like regular shares, and which you buy and sell on the exchange.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 12, 2026
Some users online said they used them to invest in stocks, claiming their "lobsters" analysed the best times to buy and sell, and even did the deed, despite the risk of costly errors.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Starting around 1150, the six Champagne fairs became the one place where Europeans could buy and sell products from the surrounding world—a first step in connecting them to the riches and tastes beyond.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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