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oversoldadjective
A stock or commodity market condition where there has been significant trading driving prices down to lower levels, levels which seem overextended or excessive on a short-term basis.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Oversoldpart.
Sold at too high a price.
Etymology: from oversel.
Life with ease I can disclaim,
And think it over-sold to purchase fame. Dryden.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of oversold in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of oversold in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of oversold in a Sentence
The market was becoming extremely oversold in the short run, investors were anxiously awaiting for some stability in the commodities, and oil and gas and the mining sector.
The oil market is experiencing a cost re-basement which makes determining when the market is oversold extremely difficult, for the market to be oversold, it requires prices to be far below costs, (which) are falling nearly as fast as the price, which means oil producers can spend less to get the same or potentially even more in terms of production.
Oil continues to directionally trade with equities and oil prices are higher, and more important, economic data recently has been better than feared, meanwhile, the backdrop for equities is oversold...This has certainly compelled some folks who are under-invested to get back into the stock market.
We're not in oversold territory yet.
The market was massively oversold by the end of trading yesterday, so it's no surprise that we're seeing a snap back, we've seen a state of panic recently, and now that people are coming around to the view that things aren't really all that bad investors are snapping up these oversold low price to book stocks, which are roaring today.
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