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Contents 1 Blue chips 2 Blue chips in poker 3 IBM is no longer a Bellwether Stock 4 DJ Internal News 5 Oliver Gingold

[edit] Blue chips

can a stock be called as a blue chip stock if during a particular quarter results it faces some losses and unable to give dividends to its shareholders during that particular quarter?..... e-mail me at s_bhandari123@indiatimes.com?

Having attained the 'title' of blue-chip the company must have been earning, consistantly for some years, a stable income and have no extensive liabilities. Subsequently, we can assume that a blue-chip company has cash reserves that in hard times can be used to continue to pay dividends - even if the period of loss continues for some time, such is the stability and strength of the company.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: companies are not required to pay dividends to stock holders. Boards of Directors vote to pay each time. A company can still miss paying a dividend and be called a "Blue Chip" because paying dividends is not the only criteria for the title. In addition, if a company misses a dividend (does not pay it), certain preferred stockholders will eventually be paid any dividends past due: called 'cumulative stock.' This stock pays a lower dividend due to the safety of the 'catch-up' feature.

It is my understanding that the term "Blue Chip" stock came from the manufacturing sector. A company was profitable when they were producing and when metal is being cut at productive speed it produces blue colored chips of the parent material.

[edit] Blue chips in poker

I don't think the reason they are called blue chips are because they have a high (or highest) value in poker. This is obviously not true since blue chips are usually around $10. 165.230.129.165 18:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree sources to verify this http://www.poker-chips.net/poker-chip-colours.htm and http://boardgames.about.com/od/poker/a/chip_denoms.htm . What the real reason unless historically they were highest?

ADDITIONAL NOTE: term 'blue chip' does not come from any blue poker chip - some are not considered the highest value in various places. It comes from the world famous casino of Monte Carlo, where the highest value chips are blue.

Note: Blue chip stocks are considered valuable for their stability and earning potential not their actual valuable. This is why they are named after most expensive chips.

I always thought that "blue chip" referred to the $1 chips. I.e They aren't very risky. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.43.19 (talk) 15:49, 19 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] IBM is no longer a Bellwether Stock

Following the sale of it's PC business and its extensive refocus on the consulting services space, IBM is no longer a respected technology leader. I strongly suggest amending the article to reference Microsoft, Oracle or Cisco who are true leaders in their respective segments of the tech industry.

IBM is no longer a respected technology leader ... Says who? --84.168.127.159 15:12, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] DJ Internal News

I added content based on DJ internal news item. I wasn't sure how to site it since you can't link to it from the outside world. There is no byline to give credit and I don't know who writes these things. Here's the article. I believe this has been addressed, so I'm removing the article, as its presence here is a copyvio. SchuminWeb (Talk) 00:08, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Oliver Gingold

Sounds like this guy is important in some way. Who is he? What makes him worth mentioning? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.140.229 (talk) 04:41, 19 August 2008 (UTC)