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Hold
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Hold
An analyst recommendation to neither buy nor sell a security.

Notes:
Exact definitions vary by brokerage, but generally this rating is better than sell and worse than buy. The hold rating is right in the middle of the rating system. It means that if you own a security you still shouldn't sell, but you also shouldn't buy the security if you don't own it already.

Also known as neutral.


Hold
To maintain ownership of a security over a long period of time. "Hold" is also a recommendation of an analyst who is not positive enough on a stock to recommend a buy, but not negative enough on the stock to recommend a sell.

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