selling

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This call-spread strategy—buying a call and selling another with a higher strike but the same expiration—allows investors to benefit from rallies while reducing the amount of capital at risk should stocks decline.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

As with the U.S., where Nike is selling off unwanted Air Jordans and Air Force 1s, the company is trying to clean out its shoe surplus in China.

From MarketWatch • Jul. 1, 2026

The former is bad news; selling more common shares of a stock in free fall would dilute existing shareholders and push the price even lower.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 30, 2026

"We had to make some difficult decisions, and we thought that selling Turnastone might be an opportunity to release some capital which we could then invest in our other farms," she added.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Her mama and papa had died when she was eighteen, and she stayed on the farm, keeping a few animals, selling herbs like Violet and I do.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney