This could knock down big-name stocks that are still up for the year.

Much of the buying interest is being focused on big-name stocks, but in recent days the bidding has broadened to smaller-company issues.

This suggests that we have not yet seen the bottom in the big-name stocks that make up the S.& P. 500.

At the same time, a select handful of favorite big-name stocks have vaulted ever higher.

So it was just the big-name stocks that carried the indexes the final lap to their new highs.

"We're in a very selective market, so the deal is, you've got to buy the big-name stocks."

The liquidity in Nasdaq allows us to execute larger size in the big-name stocks more efficiently and quicker.

Medium-sized companies with 15 percent annual profit growth often trade at price-to-earnings ratios that are much lower than those seen in big-name stocks.

The big-name stocks that he favors remained in the stratosphere much longer than the shares of small, lesser-known companies.

As big-name stocks fell, investors sought safety in short-term Treasury securities.