Like common stock, preferred stocks represent partial ownership in a company.

The new stock represents 12 percent of Salomon's total voting rights.

"But it's important to recognize that stocks in foreign companies represent real opportunities to gain."

But she added that the stock represents a trading opportunity below $135, assuming a neutral market.

Material A is in stock and the £8,000 represents cost.

"But as it is, the stock represents a very patient play with an uncertain outcome."

Today, no one contends that 30 stocks can really represent the entire American market.

The 10 stocks represent six distinct sectors of the economy, none with more than three companies.

The 30 stocks that make up the Dow represent just 20 percent of the entire stock market's value.

But for most Americans, stocks still represent only a small portion of overall assets.