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DJ: U.S. Blue Chips Decline
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Big Day for the Blue Chips
FX Street  May 8  Comment 
The stock market indices had a mixed session with the blue chips strong, but the Nasdaq 100 and... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
Blue Chip Stocks Fetch Ridiculous Valuations, But Don't Sell Just Because It's May
Forbes  May 2  Comment 
Croesus is fortunate to be on the receiving end of timely insights into the stock market. The ever wily and tough-minded Barry Ritholtz of Fusion IQ just sent me his May missive that goes quite shockingly against the grain of that facile simpleton...
Spectacular Day, Blue Chips Close Right at Session High
FX Street  Apr 24  Comment 
The stock market indices had a spectacular session today with big opening gaps, strong run-ups, a... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
10 Blue Chip Stocks With Fat Dividends
Forbes  Apr 23  Comment 
DividendChannel.com creates a proprietary ''DividendRank'' by screening through our coverage universe of large cap, dividend paying stocks, to look at a variety of data — dividend history & yield, book value, quarterly earnings — and comparing...
10 Blue Chip Stocks With Fat Dividends
Forbes  Apr 22  Comment 
DividendChannel.com creates a proprietary ''DividendRank'' by screening through our coverage universe of large cap, dividend paying stocks, to look at a variety of data ? dividend history & yield, book value, quarterly earnings ? and comparing it...
Positive Day, Gains on the Blue Chips
FX Street  Apr 5  Comment 
The stock market indices had an interesting day. They were down in the morning, up in the... For more information, read our latest forex news and reports.
Sensex falls for seventh day; blue chips struggle
Reuters  Mar 25  Comment 
The BSE Sensex fell for a seventh consecutive session on Monday to its lowest close in four months as blue chips such as ICICI Bank were hit by worries other allies would remove support from the ruling coalition after the DMK party's withdrawal...




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Blue chips refer to stocks of very well known companies. While there is no exact definition in terms of revenue or market capitalization, these companies sell widely used products or services, are internationally recognized and are financially stable. Generally, all the stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average are considered to be blue chips. Other examples of blue chip stocks include Berkshire Hathaway and Royal Dutch Shell.

Blue chip stocks are generally less volatile than other stocks, and are considered to be "defensive" stocks. Due to their stable profitability, these companies, on average, also last longer. However, it does not mean that blue chip stocks do not fail. For example: Ford and Lehman Brothers were both considered to be blue chip stocks at some point.

The name is derived from the chip color in a poker table (blue being the most valuable chip).

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