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Stock market   /stɑk mˈɑrkət/   Listen
Stock market

noun
1.
An exchange where security trading is conducted by professional stockbrokers.  Synonyms: securities market, stock exchange.



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"Stock market" Quotes from Famous Books



... great mistake," said the dry voice of the motionless figure against the tree. "A minister has no business to fool with the stock market." ...
— Counsel for the Defense • Leroy Scott

... illustrated by a phenomenon which is fairly familiar. It is recognized by intelligent persons that the risks of speculation in a particular commodity market or stock market increase more than proportionately to the scale of operations. A man who sets out as a "bull" upon a small scale can buy without sending up the price against him in the process, and, if he decides later that his judgment is mistaken, he can at any time cut his losses and sell out without ...
— Supply and Demand • Hubert D. Henderson

... of fact, which only goes to show what seems to the small speculator the infernal ingenuity of the stock market, the stock reacted almost immediately after I sold, and had I held on for another two or three weeks, not only would I have saved my money, but would have made in addition a very ...
— The Romance and Tragedy • William Ingraham Russell

... more serious vein, as the mood of his customer seemed to require; and he had the art of making deft and rapid transitions from topic to topic. But there were two things in particular concerning which Walter had thought deeply: racehorses and the stock market. ...
— The Cruise of the Jasper B. • Don Marquis

... business. It appeals to the idle, the reckless, the prodigal and the declasse. In the quickness and uncertainty of its evolutions, it is unfortunately so analogous to racing and gaming that their terms are interchangeable, and to the thoughtless the stock market is the ranking evil in that ...
— Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 • Various

... Isabelle, now, with all that wealth! Conny pursed her lips in disgust to think that so much of the ammunition of war had fallen into such incompetent hands. "Yes," she said to herself, "the Senator must show me how to do it." Perhaps it flitted vaguely through her mind that Percy might object to using stock market tips from the Senator. But Percy must accept her judgment on this matter. They could not go on any longer with ...
— Together • Robert Herrick (1868-1938)

... period the talk of the town, both in Paris and in London, ran on colonies and the tremendous wealth to be gained from them as the Spaniards and the Dutch had done. During the minority of Louis XV, even the Prince Regent of France dabbled in colonial investments. The stock market became suddenly a prominent feature of politics. John Law planned his dazzling "Mississippi Scheme," by which all Frenchmen were to become millionaires. Only, unfortunately, the bubble burst, and the industrious were ruined instead.[3] England ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, v. 13 • Various



Words linked to "Stock market" :   New York Stock Exchange, offer price, exchange, securities industry, American Stock Exchange, closing price, N. Y. Stock Exchange, technical analysis, Bourse, AMEX, bid price, NYSE, support level, technical analysis of stock trends, over-the-counter market, pyramid, curb, market analyst, big board, securities market, price-to-earnings ratio, stock market index, bullish, fundamentals analysis, fundamental analysis, curb market, P/E ratio, OTC market, market, bearish



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