dead cat bounce
Temporary market uptick
A dead cat bounce is a brief recovery in a declining stock price or market, followed by continued decline.
The morbid image suggests that even a dead cat will bounce if dropped from high enough—but it's still dead.
Traders use the term to warn against mistaking temporary upticks for genuine reversals: Don't get excited, it's just a dead cat bounce.
- declineDecrease or refuse
- volatilityRapid, unpredictable changeability
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
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- market movementsup, down, rising, falling, increase
- trading slangbull, short, long, dip, pump
- market phenomenamarket crash, market bubble, flash crash, correction, bubble
- Wall Streetstock market, bond market, stocks, shares, Wall Street
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, cash
- investingstocks, stock, bonds, investing, investor