buy and sell
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You need some active stock pickers to buy and sell a stock before you can claim, as index-fund supporters, that the current price perfectly reflects all known information about the stock.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
It is fed by California’s cap-and-invest program, which allows large polluters to buy and sell allowances for their greenhouse gas emissions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
According to the NCA, Jogesh owned and controlled a company set up in 2020 to buy and sell nitrile gloves, while Morris helped in a number of fraudulent deals in 2020 and 2021.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
His advice is to pay attention to troop buildups—and to be ready to buy and sell quickly.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
The traders back down on the second floor would buy and sell from customers and not pass any information about their dealings to Hubler and his group on the tenth floor.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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