crab market
crab market · crab markets
A market trend where a stock keeps fluctuating around the same price over a longer…A market trend where a stock keeps fluctuating around the same price over a longer period of time, neither entering a bull market nor a bear market
Meaning
2 sensesA market trend where a stock keeps fluctuating around the same price over a longer period of time, neither entering a bull market nor a bear market
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see crab, market.
Origin
From the movement of a crab, which appears to move sideways and seems to be going neitherFrom the movement of a crab, which appears to move sideways and seems to be going neither forward (a bull market, in this metaphor) or backward (a bear market).
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Forms
plural: crab markets| Singular | crab market |
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