51. But Morse did not own the shares that he ordered sold, and they soared in price in the weeks after he sold them. 52. But the catch is that you must already own shares to play. 53. But the estate also owns shares in TCI and in a new spinoff, Tele-Communications Satellite Entertainment. 54. But views differ on whether it is pernicious for analysts to own shares in companies they report on. 55. But with DRIPs, you need to own shares already to participate in the plan. 56. By an overwhelming majority, big and ambitious corporate mergers stink from the perspective of the people who own shares of a buyer. 57. By definition, funds that are intended to match the major stock-market indexes own shares in the biggest American companies. 58. By contrast, most shares are held by banks or brokerage houses on behalf of the individuals and institutions who own the shares. 59. Callinan owns shares of InTest Corp., a Cherry Hill, New Jersey-based maker of automated semiconductor-testing equipment. 60. By last June, half of US households owned shares in at least one mutual fund. |