Nearly 180 years later, I fear we as Americans have taken too much stock in our own enlightenment and less in our willingness to make hard choices for the benefit on the country.
Those interested in risk adjusted returns who have not taken partial profits in Apple stock may consider trimming a little bit or buying protection with options.
If the gains were involuntary, okay. (For example, your stock got taken away in a merger.) If the gains were voluntary, though, then you are probably not doing a good job of managing your portfolio.
NYSE, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, has proposed to merge with Euronext, while Nasdaq has taken a substantial stake in the London Stock Exchange , with an eye to acquiring more.
Milman guessed right, and the stock was taken off his hands in just 12 seconds.
The stock has nevertheless taken some pressure in recent weeks under the anticipation that the deal would actually happen.
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Lehman's public relations campaign is made doubly difficult by the public critiques of a well-known investment manager, David Einhorn of Greenlight Capital, who has taken a short position in the stock, which means he will profit if it falls.
U.S. stock futures have taken a sharp turn lower in the last half-hour, and the market is now set for a down open this morning.
The volatility in stock prices, recent drop in commodity prices and continued high cost of gasoline have taken their toll on investor confidence.
It would appear the product is back in stock and orders are being taken.
Morgan Stanley surprised markets by declaring it had taken a sizeable short position in HBOS's stock.
The IRS has taken the position that taxpayers have no basis in stock that they receive in a demutualization transaction.
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Last week, the New York Stock Exchange announced it has taken an ownership stake in the Receivables Exchange and will form a joint program to offer trading in corporate accounts receivable.
Since Mr Abe's election, Japan's stock market has taken off, rising by 30% in the last three months.
The following chart first illustrates stock reactions on down days, this data taken in the early market on July 25, at the beginning of the market jitteriness with the debt talks.
When I first wrote about the stock in June of 2008, I was taken aback by the negative response and it seemed to outpace any other stock I had written on by a wide margin.
On the cost side, active defense services are not inexpensive and may be hard to justify, especially if the actions taken result in criminal investigations, lawsuits, or drops in stock price or market share.
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As the rally in the stock market fizzled last Wednesday, it was taken calmly by most.
In fact, over a quarter of its outstanding stock is taken up with stock options.
It may be his propensity to do so that is keeping his company's stock rising in the face of the threat that it could be taken from him.
The incident will certainly ratchet up the pressure to rein in the increasingly influential high frequency trading firms, which have taken over more than half the daily trading volume in the U.S. stock markets.
Unfortunately, the market hasn't taken so kindly to the revelation, as RIM's stock has fallen seven-percent in after hours trading.
The largest drugmakers have also taken on more debt, in part to fund some outsized mergers, dividend increases and stock buybacks.
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It was just taken public in a blind pool offering that allows companies, in effect, to sell stock without making the usual disclosures about their business operations.
The stock reached its own all-time high in September 2012, but has since taken a 37% dive.
In Japan, Goldman has taken a 43% share of Tokyo's electronic stock-options market by attaching Hull's complex pricing models to its own know-how.
One factor needs to be taken into account -- the survey was conducted in June and early July, shortly before global stock markets plunged in response to concerns over the U.S. lending market, notably loans to so-called subprime customers, seen as high risk.
Assuming the company stock in the plan has lost half its value this year, employee retirement assets have likely taken a near 9% hit.
The company reported a nearly 40% jump in advertising revenue in its quarterly report, but investors have taken that spike as an opportunity to unload some of their stock.
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Because each week's recipients were selected at random, the survey, taken as a whole, automatically negated the effects of other temporary influences on spending, such as changes in the stock market or car makers' cheap financing deals.
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