buy

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With CDs, you are committing to a set period of time; when you buy a CD, the rate does not change.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 4, 2026

Jonathan Cofsky, portfolio manager at Janus Henderson Investors, offers another option if investors don’t want to buy stocks that might have lower-than-usual valuations but are spending heavy amounts of free cash flow.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

As tens of thousands of satellites are launched into orbit over the next several years, operators will need to buy a lot of semiconductors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

To raise the prices even higher at the gas station, he’d have to buy new pumps, an investment he’s not sure he could afford now.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Every time we found a coin, we’d say Winner, winner, and when we had enough, we’d march to Fred’s, the gas-station store, singing Winner, winner, lunch and dinner, and we’d buy Cheetos and Cheerios.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko