Sentence examples for profit taking for from inspiring English sources

Another sell was Corning, the N.Y.-based glassware company, which represented profit taking for the gurus.

To this day, Martin runs the pool for fun and not for profit, taking three free entries for his trouble.

Really, the company has yet to turn a profit, taking a loss for the past three years.

Still, it probably served as a catalyst for profit taking.

"The market was ripe for profit taking" said Bill Barker, investment strategy consultant at RBC Dain Rauscher in Dallas.

But because the market was primed for profit taking after five consecutive weeks of higher closings, analysts said they were pleased that a bigger sell-off did not develop.

"The Palm I.P.O. may mark a near-term top for Nasdaq because there was so much anticipation building up," said Scott Bleier, chief investment strategist at Prime Charter Ltd. "People buy on the expectation and sell on the event, and there's an awful lot of room for profit taking in some sectors after the last two weeks of strong performance".

Couple that with the drop we've seen in oil prices and the sector was ripe for profit taking.

Today's carnage among Internet stocks was triggered by profit taking and a setback for America Online aol as spoiled investors fretted over the Internet service provider's earnings.

GME has been especially hard hit since the stock's huge gain in 2007 (where it rose more than 120%) and loft valuation made it a particularly strong candidate for profit taking.

Wall Street played it safe yesterday, pausing for mild profit taking even as more evidence of a recovering economy flowed in.