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Stockton

American  
[stok-tuhn] / ˈstɒk tən /

noun

  1. Frank R. Francis Richard Stockton, 1834–1902, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.

  2. John, born 1962, U.S. basketball player.

  3. a city in central California, on the San Joaquin River.


Stockton 1 British  
/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

  1. an inland port in central California, on the San Joaquin River: seat of the University of the Pacific (1851). Pop: 271 466 (2003 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Stockton 2 British  
/ ˈstɒktən /

noun

  1. 1st Earl of. title of (Maurice Harold) Macmillan

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Investors had run up Nvidia’s stock in the lead-up to its highly anticipated earnings report released after the stock market’s closing bell Wednesday, said Stockton.

From MarketWatch

Once a month, he’d cook some 400 hot meals that the temple would send to a homeless shelter in Stockton, and he’d also prepared food for people displaced by wildfires, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

From a technical perspective, Stockton said she would want to see the S&P 500 book back-to-back daily closes above 7,000 to confirm a “minor breakout” for the index.

From MarketWatch

Stockton did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment.

From Barron's

Katie Stockton, founder of Fairlead Strategies, said in commentary shared with MarketWatch that the index has broken out of a triangle pattern.

From MarketWatch