green shoot n.— «In recent weeks, “green shoots,” or signs of improvement in the economy (the term was coined by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke), have been eagerly received by investors who’ve been looking for...
flight to cash n.— «Isn’t it odd that when a financial crises threatens to get underway today hot money rushes to turn just about everything into fiat paper dollars? In something that has come to be called a “flight to cash,” for a little...