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IBM

IBM

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The symbol used on the stock market for International Business Machines shares
  • proper noun
  • /ˈaɪ bi ɛm/
  • Jargon
: acciones de IBM
  • We will have a better feel for the tech space outlook after results from Intel (INTC - Analyst Report) and IBM (IBM - Analyst Report) after the close today, but the overall tone of earnings reports this morning is on the positive side.
  • IBM stock
  • IBM shares
  • IBM down

So, so remember we're investing in IBM and we're putting gains in either an American bank or a British bank.

Examples

  • " I remember when people wrote to IBM saying we want a more powerful personal computer."

    Blog text (26)

  • So, so remember we're investing in IBM and we're putting gains in either an American bank or a British bank.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • Yet you can buy and sell IBM on them.

    Blog text (14)

  • You would see, you know, you would see IBM and, and, and, and other tech stocks, you know, trading up.

  • Buy IBM now, before it splits.

    The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)

  • What's to like about Merck, McDonald's, IBM, and Oracle, whose stocks you favor?

    Blog text (24)

  • Yes, each and every man working at those lathes in pre-WW2 times became a dollar millionaire when he cashed in his IBM stock upon retirement in the 1950s.

    Blog text (5)

  • Merck (MRK) has a dividend payout ratio of 74%, McDonald's (MCD) is 50%, but IBM's is only 22%, and Oracle's is only 12%.

    Blog text (24)

  • The New York fund owned 5.7 million IBM shares at the end of last year.

  • Buy IBM now, before it splits.

Surface Forms

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Morphology

IBM = International Business Machines (semi-transparent) = I + B + M

The ticker/initialism maps to the company name clearly, but using it to refer to the company's shares is a metonymic extension that is conventional rather than strictly morphological.

Etymology

IBM is also the company's stock symbol on the market, using the same letters as International Business Machines so investors can quickly find and trade its 'shares'.