selloff
Rapid stock divestment
A selloff is a rapid, widespread selling of securities, commodities, or other assets, typically triggered by bad news or loss of confidence.
The term implies urgency and declining prices: The earnings report triggered a selloff in tech stocks.
Also spelled sell-off.
Sudden violent impact
- plungeSudden steep descent
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- slumpExtended period of decline
- nosediveSudden steep descent
freefall · drop · collapse · correction · downturn · bearish · volatility · panic
Ownership stakes or inventory
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- bondsTies that unite
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- investorsThose who commit capital
trading · dumping · capitulation · exodus · withdrawal · redemptions · outflows · profit-taking
Disposal of assets
- spinoffDerived work from original
- carve-outExempted portion or provision
- disposalAct of throwing away
- sheddingLosing outer covering
unloading · restructuring · downsizing · demerger · subsidiary · realignment · refocus · strategic
Permitted passage or approval
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
winding-up · foreclosure · dissolution · fire-sale · distressed · creditors · debts · closure
crash
Sudden violent impact
nosedive · freefall · drop · collapse · correction · downturn · bearish · volatility · panic · rout
stocks
Ownership stakes or inventory
investors · trading · dumping · capitulation · exodus · withdrawal · redemptions · outflows · profit-taking · institutional
divestment
Disposal of assets
shedding · unloading · restructuring · downsizing · demerger · subsidiary · realignment · refocus · strategic · jettisoning
clearance
Permitted passage or approval
- auctionCompetitive public sale
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
- receivershipCourt-ordered asset management
insolvency · winding-up · foreclosure · dissolution · fire-sale · distressed · creditors · debts · closure · inventory
- closeout salesliquidation, closeout, store closing, going out of business, everything must go
- declinesdrop, decline, downtrend, downturn, downfall
- market downturnscorrection, decline, dip, downturn, pullback
- market movementsup, down, rising, falling, increase
- Market Volatilitymarket crash, price spikes, flash crash, boom and bust, bear market
- exit strategiesIPO, acquisition, merger, buyout, liquidation
selloffrally
Gathering for a cause
buying spree · bull run · uptick · buying frenzy · runup
selloffstability
Resistance to displacement
consolidation · steady state · calm · equilibrium · sideways movement
selloffbuying spree
Extended purchasing frenzy
accumulation · shopping spree · buildup · stockpiling · consolidation