1.  And many corporate-governance specialists say that any risk an executive faces from holding a big stock position is offset by high executive pay and generous severance agreements.

2.  Banco de Quilmes has decreased its stock positions in favor of short-term lending and cash.

3.  Bansud has decreased its stock positions in favor of cash to protect against big price swings, he said.

4.  A losing stock position can only fall to zero.

5.  After making those moves, suppose you decide to hold the remaining stock positions, figuring that you have enough capital to ride out the bumps of the market.

6.  But all of these funds hold significant stock positions, and I am very nervous about the current market.

7.  But for most smaller investors, DRIPs are a wonderful way of slowly building up a stock position.

8.  Especially with the current sky-high market, I suggest you take a lot of your winnings and retreat from the big stock positions.

9.  Even worse, states without stocks have wildly inflated notions about what their portfolios will earn, while just the opposite is true for states with large stock positions.

10.  First, funds lose flexibility because it takes them longer to accumulate or sell their stock positions.