blue-chip stocks
Reliable market leaders
Blue-chip stocks are shares in large, well-established companies with strong reputations and reliable performance—firms like IBM, Coca-Cola, or Johnson & Johnson.
The term comes from poker, where blue chips traditionally hold the highest value.
Blue chips are considered stable investments that weather economic downturns better than smaller companies: She shifted her portfolio toward blue-chip stocks as retirement approached.
- bellwetherTrend-setting leader
- dividend yieldDistribution as price percentage
- steady incomeConsistent financial flow
- reliableConsistently performing as expected
- high-qualityExceptionally well-made
stable · long-term growth · consistent · market capitalization · financial health · gilt-edged · risk aversion · profitable · low-risk · resilient · nest egg · Procter & Gamble · liquidity · value investing · economic stability · securities · shares · Wall Street
- securitiessecurities, shares, equities, bonds, stocks
- safe investmentsCD, bonds, treasury bonds, certificate of deposit, savings bond
- Stock ExchangesNYSE, NASDAQ, London Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- gilt-edgedgilts, gold leaf, gold leafing, treasury bonds, treasuries
blue-chip stockspenny stocks
Very low-priced shares
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