Oct. 2, critics of the markets have called for a return to the up-tick rule.
Bruce is starting to see a "noticeable up-tick" in turnover (though he won't quantify it).
There should also be a ban on naked shorting and the up-tick rule needs to return.
Few sports experience the up-tick in quality the NHL does when the playoffs begin.
The up-tick rule once only permitted short sales of a stock if a stock price was rising.
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The up-tick elimination is being blamed for extreme market volatility and for the precipitous fall of Bear Stearns.
But the biggest reason behind the Europa League's up-tick in popularity may be something more straightforward: Lots of goals.
The revival of some form of the so-called "up-tick rule" is under consideration, says NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Duncan Niederauer.
Many critics of the SEC have called for the restoration of that up-tick rule as a better solution to the problem.
On the other hand, several digital learning companies report to me that the budget crises seem to have driven an up-tick in their businesses.
Mr. Cooperman also has some pointers on how to handle Wall Street: reinstate the up-tick rule for short sellers and get rid of high frequency traders.
And while they're at it, they should restore the stock up-tick rule for shorting equities--that is, no short selling of a stock unless the price has moved up.
The up-tick rule, eliminated last July at the beginning of the market meltdown, forced traders to wait until a stock price ticked up before putting on a short sale.
The SEC's extension Wednesday was silent, however, on the issue of the up-tick rule, which was a rule abolished last year that forced traders to wait for a stock to tick up before shorting it.
Knight Capital general counsel Leonard Amoruso asks how the individual stock circuit breakers will interact with market-wide circuit breakers, a newly adopted up-tick rule for short sellers and internal circuit breakers imposed by NYSE Euronext and Nasdaq.
Another problem, of course, is the elimination of the "up-tick" rule, a controversial SEC rule change last July (well-timed to the beginning of the credit market meltdown) that removed the rule that short-selling could only be done when a stock was rising.
But maybe you don't know this: In July and August corporate IT purchases ticked up--just a smidgen, but they did tick up.
To position for a tick-up in the economic recovery, Birinyi likes industrials, technology and some consumer stocks.
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This is the interesting part -- is that tick up actually going to make a difference?
Still, the consensus is that shares in a newly offered company will tick up by 10-15%.
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Corporate earnings may fluctuate quarter-to-quarter and employment rates may tick up or down each month, but the national discussion needs to be more far-sighted.
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Black actors increased their representation by 2 percent compared to last season, while Hispanics stayed the same as last season, and Asian-Americans saw their numbers tick up by 1 percent.
After a modest up tick this year and in the next few years thanks to Blu-Ray and HD DVD, overall video rentals will begin contracting again in 2010, Holden projects.
To try to make up for the time lag, the two European companies have set up research offices in Japan and routinely conduct market surveys to understand what makes i-mode tick and, by extension, how consumers might react to high-speed Net access from their phones.
He will need all the Zen-like calm he can muster, as he waits for the polls to tick up again.
They might have set-up costs, both in time and money, but once they are rolling they can just tick over in the background.
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You might ask, 'Why can't the water company just go into tick-over mode now and let us have bills that don't go up any more?
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Many also want a return of the so-called uptick rule, in which a short sale could only be put on after a tick up in the price of the targeted stock.
After donning his Rado D-Star Automatic Chronograph, Murray managed not to tick off his sponsor and sported the watch while lifting up his trophy in victory for the cameras.
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