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  • plural of stock.
  • present tense form of stock (3rd person singular).
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stocks

NOUN
holdings
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While tech stocks and some industrial names tied to the artificial-intelligence build-out slumped this week, the average stock in the increasingly top-heavy S&P 500 made it through a difficult week largely unscathed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 17, 2026

It is now flanked by a similar-sized area they call "the fridge", which they temporarily closed as a way to build up fish stocks.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2026

The swoon in stocks highlighted the close linkages between the economy, markets and a relatively small group of technology highfliers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Many see the AI trade, once a monolithic bet on chip stocks and hyperscalers, splintering.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Joyfully engaged in bashing the stocks of the companies he covered. Whatever he’s thinking, it comes out of his mouth.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis


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