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re: what's an 'uptick'?

alcaray — 11/17/2005 4:29:09 PM (archived)

Stock market term, (probably misused here unless there's more to the word than I know). When the market (or a particular stock) increases in price on it's last transaction before the market closes, it is said to be an "uptick".

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"Harry Potter and the Half-Crazed Bureaucracy" - Tom Brosz - 11/17/2005 7:50:45 AM
- what's an 'uptick'? - Daniel - 11/17/2005 2:08:12 PM
  - Upticks - Robert - 11/17/2005 7:47:36 PM
    - yeah OK, OK - Daniel - 11/18/2005 2:17:28 AM
    - Someone give Robert something to do! - Tony - 11/17/2005 9:55:34 PM
      - Och, laddie - Robert - 11/18/2005 1:33:53 AM
        
        "Kilt tics" Arrrggghhh..... - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2005 2:03:02 AM
        
        And the people of Boston *still* don't know how to pronounce it correctly - Fox - 11/18/2005 3:35:06 AM
        
        It's a matter of dialect - Robert - 11/18/2005 6:00:08 PM
        
        You get high Marx for that one... (n/t) - Fox - 11/18/2005 6:55:26 PM
        
        So, grasshopper... - Robert - 11/18/2005 7:25:18 PM
        
        Ooo, that stings! - Fox - 11/18/2005 8:25:50 PM
        
        LOL - Lindy - 11/20/2005 7:41:34 PM
        
        This Ladybugs me... - :) R.L. - 11/20/2005 11:59:35 PM
        
        You should have quit while you were still winning and not lousing. (n/t) - Tony - 11/18/2005 6:16:46 PM
        
        Down to the roaches, I see (n/t) - Robert - 11/18/2005 7:22:34 PM
        
        15 yard penalty for clipping (n/t) - Fox - 11/18/2005 8:22:58 PM
        
        Segue that toke-n post back to Harry Potter and we'll need to award a Moebius. (n/t) - tony - 11/18/2005 8:55:43 PM
        
        re: Segue that toke-n post back to Harry Potter and we'll need to award a Moebius. - Cy - 11/18/2005 9:38:37 PM
        
        Fire up that goblet, Harry... - Fox - 11/18/2005 9:27:38 PM
        
        Yah, he's guilty of compound och ayes. - alcaray - 11/18/2005 7:15:34 PM
        
        Don't poke a stick into that anthill! (n/t) - Robert - 11/18/2005 7:26:14 PM
        
        Very entertaining ant ticks in this thread! - Mary Anne - 11/18/2005 8:50:49 PM
        
        Ants have ticks? Who knew? Weevil have to investigate further. (n/t) - Tony - 11/18/2005 9:24:30 PM
        
        Yes, weevil! - Fox - 11/18/2005 9:41:27 PM
        
        re: Yes, weevil! - Laurie Street - 11/22/2005 4:55:43 AM
        
        And the moral of the story? - cy - 11/18/2005 9:46:10 PM
        
        Etymology 101 - Cy - 11/18/2005 9:32:57 PM
        
        You mean "entomology", don't you? (n/t) - Fox - 11/18/2005 10:28:29 PM
        
        re: You mean "entomology", don't you? - Cy - 11/19/2005 5:48:07 PM
        
        Release the hounds! {TRUMPET} - ETymologist - 11/19/2005 12:40:30 AM
        
        Had your antennae up for that one, dincha... (n/t) - Fox - 11/19/2005 12:48:11 AM
        
        Ahh, the Queen weighs in! (n/t) - Robert - 11/18/2005 9:12:54 PM
        
        Quick, Henry! The Flit! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/18/2005 11:29:14 PM
        
        Is this thread starting to bug anybody else? - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2005 7:37:39 PM
        
        Ask alcaray - Sam F. - 11/20/2005 1:07:57 PM
        
        (What a dips tick.) - RobVG - 11/20/2005 7:31:02 PM
        
        His post is the only one that answers the question. - Mary Anne - 11/20/2005 4:25:49 PM
        
        True. - Sam F. - 11/21/2005 4:59:23 AM
        
        It definitely needs debugging. (n/t) - Fox - 11/19/2005 8:25:06 PM
  - re: what's an 'uptick'? - alcaray - 11/17/2005 4:29:09 PM

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