# Attentism (wait-and-see position)

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## Definition

In the financial market, a period during which demanders - investors, borrowers, speculators - hold back on orders for the time being. Their expectations are directed toward more favorable market conditions, such as a better state of the international financial markets, as was occasionally the case during the subprime crisis; or also toward possible interest rate cuts. - See wait-and-see attitude, investment emergency, investment opportunity cost, bear, speculative, crash, domino effect, graveyard market, headline hysteria, herd behavior, liquidity trap, liquidity preference, opportunity cost, Roosa effect, sell-plus order, stillness, unit shortage, systemic crisis, confidence. Attention: The financial encyclopedia is protected by copyright and may only be used for private purposes without express consent! University Professor Dr. Gerhard Merk, Dipl.rer.pol., Dipl.rer.oec. Professor Dr. Eckehard Krah, Dipl.rer.pol. E-mail address: info@ekrah.com https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Ernst_Merk https://www.jung-stilling-gesellschaft.de/merk/ https://www.gerhardmerk.de/

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