A "stock selloff" refers to a period when many investors are selling their stocks or shares of a company all at once. This can lead to a decrease in the value of those stocks and can potentially cause a decline in the overall stock market.
Sentences with «stock selloff»
April 23 - U.S. stocks index futures treaded water on Monday, ahead of a bevy of earnings from the world's biggest companies and as wary investors watched U.S. bond yields approach peaks that have sparked stock selloffs in the past. (cnbc.com)
Exxon Mobil (XOM) lost $ 75 billion alone from the peak to the trough of the energy stock selloff. (fortune.com)
Trouble is, while short - term credit bonds might maximize returns once rates rise, they won't provide the same uncorrelated protection against stock selloffs that long Treasuries do. (awealthofcommonsense.com)