Ten-bagger Definition: Ten-baggers are stocks that achieve a ten-fold gain (1000%) very quickly. Often associated with Internet related stocks.
Derivation: A term derived from baseball, where a four-bagger is a home run. Its use was popularised in the UK by Alpesh B Patel, Financial Times columnist. Citation: "I have started investing . . . a small part of my portfolio in the hunt for UK "ten-baggers" These are stocks that may rise ten-fold quite quickly. " Financial Times 2000-01-29
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