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glamour stock

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noun

  1. a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.


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Textura Corp. might not seem like a glamour stock.

From Chicago Tribune • Oct. 20, 2013

It says a lot about the changing nature of environmental investing that the latest theme in some portfolios is the glamour stock of the Victorian era – railway companies.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012

Compute it at 4 to 1 IBM, the Wall Street glamour stock whose price once soared to a lofty $733 per share, is finally coming down to earth.

From Time Magazine Archive

Doubtless the legal news will over shadow Wall Street's perennial glamour stock for some time.

From Time Magazine Archive

In bullish 1965, the No. 1 glamour stock was Fairchild Camera and Instrument, which soared from a low of 27 � to a high of 165 �, the biggest percentage gain of the year.

From Time Magazine Archive