Definition

Examples

• "I don't buy stocks over the phone."
• "I bought some stock in the company, Luigi's Pizza Incorporated."
• "Here is a brief summary of the supplementary charges we are currently paying to our bank Huckster and Hoodwink: wire and stock transaction fees, telephone consultation fees, online banking fees, and service charges on all of our accounts."
• "Bill : Believe me, this stock is hot!"
• "It's my responsibility to warn them to get out while their stock is still worth something."
• "Delavigne stock has gained three points over the last four weeks."
• "Around the same period that Shmike's stock prices started plummeting, the company received an avalanche of negative press, culminating in a public demonstration outside of a Shmike outlet store right here in downtown San Francisco."
• "And I'll let you imagine how a massive sale of shares could affect your stock's price."
• "Your contribution is currently divided into a portfolio of American mutual funds, stocks and bonds."
• "Ira : Mr. Delavigne, your stock is hemorrhaging."
• "I'll buy all your stock at its original purchase price."
• "Wang has controlling share of stocks, sits on board of directors, run by Fang."
• "Mr. Wang : Yes gentlemen, unless we come to an arrangement right away, I will own enough stock in your companies to have a controlling interest by the market's close tomorrow night!"
• "Stock is currently trading at $55 a share, but rising fast."
• "Well at least I'll have my stocks, and a signed photograph of Judy Garland."
• "In the mid-90s, Shmike was one of the hottest stocks on the market: their products were dominant domestically and abroad."
• "An infamous raider, Mazerati started out as a minor shareholder in D&C and spent years slowly accumulating the majority of the company's stock, discreetly buying up shares from the struggling members of the Dulce and Carpaccio families without the knowledge or approval of other stockholders."
• "You think I'm going to wait around a few months and watch my stocks drop again because your new kids in sales haven't reached puberty?"
• "Ira : If this company publicly predicts earnings, no matter how big or small, and the company fails to earn that money, then its stock suffers."