picker
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John Buckingham, a veteran value-oriented stock picker, believes the best approach is to focus on a stock’s total return potential, which means emphasizing long-term growth first, and income second.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026
"The worst one was when a van with a cherry picker got stuck under it, it took four to five hours to get it out," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026
Ashmore, who has completed numerous murals for businesses, said he had always intended to hire a cherry picker to finish the job, but would not be pressured into "rushing" it.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
His skills as a dealmaker and stock picker weren’t as well-defined.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
This last question kept popping up: How could a stock picker be losing so much on this one quixotic bond market bet?
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Some stock pickers set rules tied to dividends.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 7, 2026
Joe Middleton, site manager for the Woodland Trust, said he had seen commercial mushroom pickers "wiping out everything on the path edges they can find".
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
Firms that could never get big enough to compete purely on cost have launched thousands of funds featuring income-boosting gimmicks or media-savvy stock pickers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
When the first day of the apple harvest rolled around in Washington State last year, the fruit was ripe and the pickers were ready – but the weather had other ideas.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
I wake to truck motors, the noise of the cotton pickers, the hollers to hurry.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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