graveyard market

graveyard market definition - finance
A bear market where investors donÂ’t want to sell because they would incur substantial losses. Potential buyers are also on the sidelines, because they want to keep their funds in cash or cash-equivalent securities.

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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