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stock

[stok] / stɒk /






NOUN
investment in company
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The stock went from around $300 billion in market cap to more than $3 trillion.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

Deutsche Bank cuts its target price to HK$46.0 from HK$49.0 and maintains a buy call on the stock, which is down 14.25% at HK$22.02.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Further supporting this view, academic research shows that active managers, who construct their own stock portfolios rather than passively tracking an index, tend to generate negative risk-adjusted returns once their management fees are considered.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

The company is in talks over the creation of a new holding company that would make a stock bid for shares of both Deutsche Telekom and T-Mobile, according to media reports.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

They were now back to being, exclusively, stock market investors.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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