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bottom fishing

bottom fishing noun: fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.

Noun

bottom fishing (uncountable)

  1. Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.
  2. (idiomatic) Buying, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low.
    • So should you put a few bucks into commodities while they're dirt cheap? . . . Because of their low correlations with stocks and bonds, you may want to consider bottom-fishing in futures now, either to speculate on an upswing or insulate the rest of your portfolio against any downturns.1998 June 7, Amy Dunkin, “Commodities Are Cheap. Time To Leap?”, in Businessweek, retrieved 26 May 2014
    • Bottom fishing for bargains in the stocks of distressed companies is a surprisingly popular sport.2003 July 6, Sharon Epperson, “Beware the Bargains”, in Time, retrieved 26 May 2014

bottom fishing meaning in Bengali

bottom fishing in Bengali

টোপ, নদীগর্ভ অন্তর্ভুক্ত

Examples of bottom fishing in a sentence

  • “Bottom fishing during and after financial crises is nothing new,” says Jerry Haar, a professor at the business school of Florida International University.2011 September 15, Roben Farzad, “Angola and Brazil Are Buying Portuguese Companies”, in Businessweek, retrieved 26 May 2014:
  • But the activity was concentrated to a few days with active traders swooping in when the stock hit its 52-week low, leading to speculation the investors were largely bottom fishing.2013 December 3, Samantha Sharf, “JC Penney Sales Swell In November, But Holiday Profits Will Be Stiffer Test”, in Forbes, retrieved 26 May...

Forms of bottom fishing

alternative formbottom-fishing

Questions about bottom fishing

What does bottom fishing mean?
Bottom fishing means fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.
What is bottom fishing in Bengali?
Bottom fishing in Bengali is টোপ, নদীগর্ভ অন্তর্ভুক্ত. See Bottom fishing meaning in Bengali.
How do you use bottom fishing in a sentence?
“Bottom fishing during and after financial crises is nothing new,” says Jerry Haar, a professor at the business school of Florida International University.
What part of speech is bottom fishing?
Bottom fishing is a noun.

Words near bottom fishing in the dictionary

  1. bottom feeding
  2. bottom fermentation
  3. bottom fermentations
  4. bottom fisher
  5. bottom fishers
  6. bottom fishing
  7. bottom gear
  8. bottom gears
  9. bottom girl
  10. bottom girls
  11. bottom growth

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