What does the “runs” mean?
Investors lap it up as hungrily as Netflix binge-watchers, who now number 193m worldwide. Since going public in 2002 the firm’s share price has risen 500-fold (see chart 1), in the top ten 18-year runs in America Inc’s history, as Mr Hastings points out with a hint of pride in his voice. This year it briefly overtook Disney to become the world’s most valuable entertainment company.
The Economist, 09/2020
Hi. What does the “runs” in red mean? A period of time?
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zuotengdazuo What does the “runs” in red mean? A run is when the price of a stock continues to go up or go down without a reverse over time. It is the ordinary word applied to stocks.
- zuotengdazuo What does the “runs” in red mean?
- A run is when the price of a stock continues to go up or go down without a reverse over time.
- It is the ordinary word applied to stocks.
- com/dictionary/run "a continuous period or series especially of things of identical or similar sort // a run of bad luck "
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zuotengdazuoWhat does the “runs” in red mean?
A run is when the price of a stock continues to go up or go down without a reverse over time. It is the ordinary word applied to stocks.
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