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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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The public price for a share in the company is ultimately decided through what is essentially an auction on the open stock market.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

For bullish investors trading the ProShares Ultra SpaceX ETF, if the company’s stock rises on a given day, that means the ETF should gain about two times as much as SpaceX’s shares.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Adobe’s stock falls further, after closing Thursday at the lowest price in more than seven years.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Oracle stock declines after the company’s sales guidance disappointed Wall Street and capital expenditures was larger-than-expected.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Until March 14, the stock market had given the big Wall Street firms the benefit of the doubt.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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