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growth stock - stock of a corporation that has had faster than average gains in earnings and is expected to continue to

stock - the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity); "he owns a controlling share of the company's stock"

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Nordstrom is neither a growth stock nor one which has defensive characteristics, according to UBS.

Why The Set Up Ahead Of Retail's Q2 Earnings Season Is 'Poor'

In his previous role as a senior research analyst at Holland Capital, Andy focused on growth stock strategies and served on its investment committee.

RBC Global adds portfolio manager, senior equity analyst to investment team

The risk in buying a given growth stock is that its lofty price could fall sharply on any negative news about the company, particularly if earnings disappoint.

Blurring the lines between growth and value

For his growth stock, he invested in Universal Robina Corp.

Why are my stocks not making enough?

Therefore, when a growth stock becomes a value stock, a growth investor sells it at a price at which the value investor finds it reasonably cheap; and, when the value stock becomes the growth stock, the price is again set by the growth investor, who then buys it at the price at which the value investor wants to sell.

Leaderspeak Nimesh Shah

"Benjamin Graham and the Power of Growth Stocks: Lost Growth Stock Strategies from the Father of Value Investing" is a market biography on the man who is credited with innovating value investing.

The Money/Finance Shelf

We expect limited dividends for the growth stock. The EGM results will likely be neutral for the stock.

Uralsib - Russia Daily Equity Update, Oil & Gas - Oct 18 , 2011

QLogic to present at Needham & Company Growth Stock Conference

"If you look at EMC's market opportunity and couple it with a track record for strong results, you can see why investors continue to believe that, even with a $175 billion market cap, EMC is in a growth cycle, relatively small to its market opportunity, and continues to be a growth stock," says Ruettgers.

The Stock Split Quandary

Is this the same Tyson Foods that notched a 51 percent growth in sales last year and has a price-earnings ratio on its stock of 22-to-1 like a good growth stock should?

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