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Princeton's WordNet

  1. selloffnoun

    a sale of a relatively large number of assets (stocks or bonds or commodities) at a low price typically done to dispose of them rather than as normal trade

Wiktionary

  1. selloffnoun

    The large-scale selling of stocks

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  1. selloff

    A selloff is a financial term indicating a rapid selling of a significant amount of securities, such as stocks, bonds, futures contracts, and commodities, typically prompted by a specific event or market concerns. These sales usually result in a quick, notable decline in prices due to a surge in supply and reduction in demand. Selloffs can often lead to a widespread panic in the market or contribute to a bear market scenario.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of selloff in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of selloff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of selloff in a Sentence

  1. Elvis Picardo:

    There's no let-up in the selloff. The selling has been relentless, there is a growing view that perhaps investors are underestimating the impact of the crude oil collapse on the Canadian economy.

  2. Clay Seigle:

    Oil traders are overwhelmed by bearish news, the broad selloff in equities has traders concerned about the possibility of an economic slowdown, which could reduce demand for oil products.

  3. Bryden Teich:

    Usually the last couple of weeks of August are pretty quiet. This year, there's a lot of going on, the continuation of a selloff for all commodities is something that's also lingered on. It's a period of pain for a lot of the commodity industries and producers.

  4. Stefan Worrall:

    Following the selloff and the fears of recession that emerged early in the new year people pulled back aggressively from their previous expectations about how a rate hike from the Fed might unfold, suddenly some of this lost confidence has been restored as we've seen a lot of recent economic data from the U.S. beating expectations.

  5. Chris Jarvis:

    After a harsh selloff in commodities followed up by the recent weakness for global equities over global growth concerns, we are now having a risk-on trade.

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