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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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The public price for a share in the company is ultimately decided through what is essentially an auction on the open stock market.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

For bullish investors trading the ProShares Ultra SpaceX ETF, if the company’s stock rises on a given day, that means the ETF should gain about two times as much as SpaceX’s shares.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

The stock ended down 8.5%, erasing its gains so far this year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Investors reacted positively to the targets, with Honeywell stock up in premarket trading before the June 29 breakup.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

To his swelling audience, it didn’t seem to matter whether the stock market rose or fell; Mike Burry found places to invest money shrewdly.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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