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Stock

Definition: The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a shop or warehouse and available for sale or distribution. (Of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale. Have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.
Number of Quotes: 6

Thank God, I never was cheerful. I come from the happy stock of the Mathers, who, as you remember, passed sweet mornings reflecting on the goodness of God and the damnation of infants.
Henry Adams

Accounting issues did not cause Enron's stock price to fall - its failed business model did.
Joseph Berardino

I don't pay attention to what the stock does. If the business does well, the stock eventually follows.
Warren Buffett

The true investor welcomes volatility ... a wildly fluctuating market means that irrationally low prices will periodically be attached to solid businesses.
Warren Buffett

Your goal as an investor ... to purchase, at a rational price, a part interest in an easily-understandable business whose earnings are virtually certain to be materially higher ... years from now. Over time, you will find only a few companies that meet these standards - so when you see one ... buy a meaningful amount of stock.
Warren Buffett

Too many companies, especially large ones, are driven more and more narrowly by the need to ensure that investors get good quarterly returns and to justify executives' high salaries. Too often, this means that they view most employees as costs.
Hillary Clinton

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