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  • "Many long positions that we have seen clients take have had fairly close stop-losses, which convinces us that investors are not willing to take on too much risk with important economic data coming in thick and fast," said Joshua Raymond at City Index.

    European Markets Abandon Gains 2010

  • In other words, it's looking at the maximum amount of money the fund could lose on each contract based on where its stop-losses are set, rather than the number of dollars invested initially.

    Hands-Off Investor 2008

  • Traders said markets earlier ran stop-losses in euro/dollar below $1.549, accelerating the euro's decline.

    Dollar rises across board on U.S. economic data 2008

  • E*Trade said it has seen the use of stop-losses grow 10% in the past year, while TD Ameritrade says it has also seen double-digit percentage growth.

    When Protecting an Investment Raises Risks 2008

  • Jeremy Siegel, finance professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School and a best-selling author, thinks long-term investors should avoid stop-losses altogether.

    When Protecting an Investment Raises Risks 2008

  • The latest euro burst was related to stop-losses set at the $1.4750 level, according to Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist at Forex. com.

    Dollar falls against the euro 2008

  • Meanwhile, the administration has played politics with the lives of American service men and women, who find themselves on a treadmill of call-ups and stop-losses, while the "war on terror" turns into an Orwellian nightmare.

    The Backdoor Draft 2007

  • And if one looks at it, it is always possible to look at it and say, "My goodness, you have to have 1,500 stop-losses," -- maybe.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2004 2004

  • The stop-losses you've mentioned occur from time to time.

    CNN Transcript Jan 6, 2004 2004

  • We have been able to have relatively few stop-losses.

    CNN Transcript Feb 7, 2003 2003

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