investor panic
Financial fear contagion
Investor panic is a sudden, widespread rush to sell assets driven by fear rather than rational analysis.
When markets drop sharply, panic selling accelerates the decline as investors scramble to exit positions: The earnings miss triggered investor panic across the tech sector.
The term implies emotional, herd-driven behavior that often leads to selling at the worst possible moment.
- selloffMass asset liquidation
- market correctionDecline reversing overvalued prices
- crashSudden violent impact
- dead cat bounceBrief uptick before continued decline
- fearEmotional response to threat
freefall · bottom falling out · plunge · stampede · bank run · volatility · contagion · bloodbath · fire sale · capitulation · meltdown · flight · dumping · stop loss · exodus · hysteria · frenzy · chaos
investor panicinvestor confidence
Faith in financial prospects
risk appetite · greed · animal spirits · exuberance · irrational exuberance
investor panicbuying frenzy
Intense collective shopping surge
accumulation · market rally · bull run · bargain hunting · market stability
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