blue-chip stock
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- noun
- /bluː ʧɪp stɑk/
- Specialized
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acción de primera clase
- First we pitch 'em Disney, AT&T, IBM, blue chip stocks exclusively.
- blue-chip stock fund
- blue-chip stock portfolio
- 30 blue-chip stocks
You're better off keeping to the solid blue chip stock and just going on small movements, you know, which is what I do now quite a lot.
- You're better off keeping to the solid blue chip stock and just going on small movements, you know, which is what I do now quite a lot.
Examples
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You give me one shot here on a blue chip stock like Kodak, and believe me, Kevin, the only problem you're gonna have is that you didn't buy more.
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With blue chip stocks going up five points a day, don't talk to me about a mental clinic being an investment.
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You're better off keeping to the solid blue chip stock and just going on small movements, you know, which is what I do now quite a lot.
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I suppose it has most resembled a blue-chip stock: fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time.
Fiction book (1998) -
"I'd much rather be on the side of corporate debt and dividends," he says, adding that investors will get much higher yields in large-cap tech or some blue-chip stocks.
Blog text (27) -
My financial advisor recommended investing in a blue-chip stock for long-term stability.
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Many investors prefer blue-chip stocks because they provide reliable dividends and are less volatile.
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The company's reputation as a blue-chip stock makes it a safe choice during market fluctuations.
Synonyms
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A part of a company that people buy and sell
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4.2
A large well-known company whose shares people buy because they seem safe
Antonyms
How Stable
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The sense 'share of a large, stable company' is not derivable from the literal parts 'blue' + 'chip'—'blue-chip' is lexicalized financial jargon (originally from poker) whose meaning is idiomatic. A B1 learner who knows the constituent words would not reliably infer this specialized sense without prior exposure, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Blue-chip stock may come from poker, where blue chips were the highest-value chips on the table. Because those chips stood for the best value, people began calling shares of large, reliable companies 'safe' or 'high-quality' stocks, so the phrase now means a strong, steady investment.