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blue chip

In business and finance, a stock that is considered strong and reliable in terms of the dividend yield and capital value. Blue-chip companies are favoured by stock-market investors more interested in security than risk-taking.



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The latest bout of Wall Street pessimism sent its blue-chip stock below $20 a share for the first time since October 1995 - down nearly 60 percent since peaking at $49.
That way, you can get into a solid blue-chip stock even after a major rally by that segment of the market, and still stand to make healthy gains.
Meanwhile, by buying the MO shares, you not only get a solidly performing blue-chip stock, but you also get the KFT shares that will be distributed to MO share holders.
 
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