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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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Loosening regulations helped boost private imports and allowed supermarket shelves to be stocked after chronic shortages of everything from corn flour to toilet paper to cancer medications.

From The Wall Street Journal

A landmark research paper published in 1981 documented what became known as the small-company effect—the long-term tendency of these stocks to outperform.

From Barron's

Everywhere you look, stocks of all stripes are hitting new highs.

From Barron's

Everywhere you look, stocks of all stripes are hitting new highs.

From Barron's

Currencies, bonds, and stocks appeared to be nonplussed.

From Barron's