Sudden concentrated sales of securities, commodities or real estate that trigger sharp price falls on the stock market. – Two causes are considered to be primarily responsible for this, namely – a liquidity crunch that has occurred, forcing many investors to sell in order to close out their account at the bank; in this case, one speaks of panic selling, or – unfavorable expectations about the price of assets; in this case, one speaks of mass selling. Unfortunately, the definition of the term is not uniform in German and also in English; however, sell out is always understood as a generic term. –
See selling panic, bear market, bubble, speculative, crash, domino effect, euphoria phase, headline hysteria, herd behavior, panic, rally, run, shock, sell off, subprime crisis.
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