51. An investing novice, he began borrowing money to buy shares of Amazon.com, Dell Computer, Excite, America Online and Yahoo. 52. An investor can keep sending in money to buy more shares, but some companies limit the purchases. 53. An option to buy shares of the company you work for at a discount to the market only works if the market price is higher than the option price. 54. An uptick occurs when shares are bought at price higher than the preceding transaction. 55. An option is the right to buy shares in the future at a preset price. 56. Analysts said investors bought Guidant shares because the company is poised to capture a bigger share of the growing market for heart rhythm-management products. 57. Analysts expect the company to use its cash to buy more shares. 58. Analysts now see an opportunity for BT to buy back shares. 59. Analysts said First Chicago must try to increase revenue, in addition to cutting costs and buying back shares. 60. And foreign investors like it when local investors buy B shares because it increases liquidity, making it easier to buy and sell shares. |