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hedging hedging
hedging in commerce, method by which traders use two counterbalancing investment strategies so as to minimize any losses caused by price fluctuations. It is generally used by traders on the commodities market . Typically, hedging involves a trader contracting to buy or sell one particular good at... Read more
Black Monday Black Monday
Black Monday Oct. 19, 1987, in U.S. history, day of financial panic. The Dow Jones Average fell 508.32 points, a drop of 22.6%, the largest since 1914. The point decline as well as the volume, 604.33 million shares, exceeded previous records. Among the possible causes were investors' anxiety... Read more
stock exchange stock exchange
stock exchange organized market for the trading of stocks and bonds (see bond ; stock ). Such markets were originally open to all, but at present only members of the owning association may buy and sell directly. Members, or stock brokers , buy and sell for themselves or for others, charging... Read more
Stock Market Crash of 1929 Stock Market Crash of 1929
Stock Market Crash of 1929. On 24 October and again on 29 October 1929, panic selling swept the New York Stock Exchange. The index of common stocks had peaked in early September; within two months, however, it fell 39 percent, reducing the value of stocks traded on the exchange by $26 billion.The... Read more
Straddle Straddle
STRADDLE In the stock and commodity markets, a strategy in options contracts consisting of an equal number of put options and call options on the same underlying share, index, or commodity future. A straddle is a type of option contract that gives the holder of the contract the option to either... Read more
Selling Selling
Personal Selling In the language of sales and marketing, "personal selling" singles out those situations in which a real human being is trying to sell something to another face-to-face. One might well ask what other type of genuine selling there is. The answer is that personal selling has a... Read more
Tiffany Co Tiffany Co
Tiffany & Co. 727 Fifth AvenueNew York, New York 10022U.S.A.Telephone: (212) 755-8000Fax: (212) 230-6633Web site: http://www.tiffany.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1868Employees: 7,341Sales: $2.2 billion (2005)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: TIFNAIC: 334518 Watch, Clock, and Part... Read more
Florida Rock Industries Inc Florida Rock Industries Inc
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. 155 East 21st StreetJacksonville, Florida 32206U.S.A.Telephone: (904) 355-1781Fax: (904) 355-0817 Public CompanyIncorporated: 1945Employees: 3,392Sales: $715.7 million (2000)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker Symbol: FRKNAIC: 32732 Ready-Mix Concrete Manufacturing;... Read more
Nu Skin Enterprises Inc Nu Skin Enterprises Inc
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. 75 West Center StreetProvo, Utah 84601U.S.A.Telephone: (801) 345-6100Fax: (801) 345-2799Web site: http://www.nuskinenterprises.com Public CompanyIncorporated: 1984 as Nu Skin International Inc.Employees: 10,000Sales: $1.14 billion (2004)Stock Exchanges: New YorkTicker... Read more
over-the-counter over-the-counter
over-the-counter method of buying and selling securities outside the organized stock exchange. Unlike an organized stock exchange , the over-the-counter market is composed of dealers who negotiate most transactions by telephone and computer. For the most part, dealers purchase stocks for their own... Read more

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