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profit-tak·ing
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profit-takingnoun
the sale of stocks after they have increased in value.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of profit-taking in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of profit-taking in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of profit-taking in a Sentence
Month-end profit-taking could ultimately lend a hand to the dollar today to conclude a very difficult April for the dollar, overall we do not expect this trend to have much longer legs in May, as in our view April’s dollar correction could have instead gone too far, too quick, although we retain a bearish dollar bias for the long run.
Right now, it looks to be like a healthy pullback and a little profit-taking off the strength on Friday.
Profit-taking makes sense now as ongoing U.S.-China trade talks, major concerns for the market, have provided no signs of exit plan while the market had risen smoothly for the past two months.
There have been supply chain pressures, and there have been commodity cost increases. But [companies] have, I think, taken price increases that exceed that, they are, to me, absolutely profit taking.
Much weaker Chinese exports clearly point to additional trouble for the Chinese economy in the months ahead, with the global growth slowdown continuing to take a toll, furthermore putting early pressure on stocks is the notion that any ECB action being taken on Thursday is already priced in, leading to profit-taking ahead of the ECB meeting.
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