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A blue chip stock is the stock of a well-established company having stable earnings and no extensive liabilities. The term derives from casinos, where blue chips stand for counters of the highest value. Most blue chip stocks pay regular dividends, even when business is faring worse than usual.
The phrase was coined by Oliver Gingold of Dow Jones sometime in 1923 or 1924. Company folklore recounts that the term apparently got its start when Gingold was standing by the stock ticker at the brokerage firm that later became Merrill Lynch. Noticing several trades at $200 or $250 a share or more, he said to Lucien Hooper of W.E. Hutton & Co. that he intended to return to the office to "write about these blue chip stocks." Thus the phrase was born. It has been in use ever since, originally in reference to high-priced stocks, more commonly used today to refer to high-quality stocks. In contemporary media, Blue Chips and their daily performances are frequently mentioned alongside other economic averages like the DJIA.
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My mother-in-law recently passed and did not have a will. She has two adult children who are in agreement about a 50-50 split. She has some stock options and a house with a balance, but the broker and mortgage company sa
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Where can I find out what is the Statute of Limitations for a dispute with stock brokerage firm on an over payment of foreign tax for the interest I received thru the brokerage from abroad?
First, it is possible that the documents you signed when you opened the account ...
What are best stock investment newsletters?
I have profitted from reading changewave stock investment newsletter....
What is the name and URL of a website that has a network of stock analysts that distributes out fundamental analysis (like discounted cash flow analysis) chores to the network members who then share the resulting stock a
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