blue chip stock
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“Blue chip” suggests a safe investment.
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An icon of the aviation age, Boeing is the largest manufacturing exporter in the United States, a blue chip stock and a major employer.
From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2022
The person who would rather buy the speculative investment over the blue chip stock is playing the lottery with stocks.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 26, 2021
An industrial icon, Boeing is the largest manufacturing exporter in the United States, one of the federal government’s biggest contractors, a blue chip stock and a major employer whose fortunes help shape the national economy.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2020
Finally, low-turnover assets like indexed mutual funds or a blue chip stock you plan to keep for many years belong in a taxable account because that's where you get the benefit of long-term capital-gains treatment.
From BusinessWeek • Feb. 25, 2010
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