TagEconomic trends

sideways market

sideways market  n.— «The stock market has been sending a series of mixed signals recently—a few days of strong gains followed by a few days of discouraging declines. This is what Wall Street refers to as a “sideways market”—and it’s exactly what...

flight to cash

flight to cash  n.— «Last week, investors fled even the safest of all bond investments, the US treasury long bond, in a flight to cash.» —“Business: The Economy; Corporate bonds bomb” BBC News (United Kingdom) Oct. 13, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued...