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  • noun A period of widespread selling in a securities market, causing a sharp decline in prices.

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  • noun The large-scale selling of stocks

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  • noun 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

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Examples

  • Meanwhile, a growing shift toward physical gold "ought to mean that investment will be more solid and less prone to short-term selloff of the kind seen in the futures market in late 2010 and early 2011," the consultancy said.

    GFMS Sees Gold Hitting $1,600 Rhiannon Hoyle 2011

  • Worries of reduced demand from China could result in a short-term selloff, says Guy LeBas, fixed-income strategist at Janney Capital Markets.

    From Yuan, Bang or Whimper? 2010

  • Emerging Markets Hold Some Appeal Global fund managers are still somewhat pessimistic about investing in emerging-market stocks, with nearly half expecting a short-term selloff, Merrill Lynch & Co. said in a survey released Wednesday.

    Firms Pressure Mutual-Fund Messenger 2008

  • I think at least a short term selloff is likely when the FED pauses and then again when the FED first cuts.

    A New Conundrum in Treasuries? 2005

  • "We need to differentiate between short-term selloff versus the medium-term trend of more diversification into a number of emerging-market assets," said Clyde Wardle, a developing-nation currency strategist at HSBC Holdings Plc in New York.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2011

  • He called the selloff proposal "an act of desperation for a group that has done almost all the savings it can do" in a time of austerity and municipal budget cuts.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed TAMARA BALUJA 2012

  • While this is a sign of a healthy market, when it spikes to such high levels, it typically means a short-term selloff is in the cards.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • While this is a sign of a healthy market, when it spikes to such high levels, it typically means a short-term selloff is in the cards.

    US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha 2009

  • Weiss believes that we could see a "major near-term selloff in the dollar," as the end of May saw "the beginning of the end of that goodwill period."

    BloggingStocks 2009

  • While this is a sign of a healthy market, when it spikes to such high levels, it typically means a short-term selloff is in the cards.

    pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009

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