odd-lot
Example Sentences
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“Analysts looking for a durable low in gold would much prefer to see panicked liquidation by these odd-lot buyers,” Mr. Ramsey wrote.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2013
At prices like these, there is little room for error, especially for the Main Street odd-lot investors who put all their money to work at once, rather than dipping in on the corrections.
From Forbes • May 5, 2011
Funston & Co. figure that surrendering too easily there would make it easier for the SEC to put restrictions on odd-lot firms and the 350 stock specialists.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his suit, Eisen claimed that the two brokerage firms then in control of odd-lot trading�Carlisle & Jacquelin and DeCoppet & Doremus�had engaged in illegal price-fixing that slightly increased the fee for each transaction.
From Time Magazine Archive
Midgett's Bookshop at the corner of the High Street was still open and an old man with spectacles and a flowing beard stood poring over the odd-lot box at 2d. a volume by the door.
From The Wooden Horse by Walpole, Hugh, Sir
