trough
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The level of pessimism has reached a point where tech’s trailing PEG is implying “future earnings will be much weaker and is as low as the trough after the tech bubble burst in 2003-05.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026
Since the Middle East conflict started, the S&P 500’s drop to its trough was 7.9%, the head of Research notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
But its pullback follows an astonishing gain of more than 135% from its Liberation Day trough to its February peak, adding around $2.3 trillion in market value along the way.
From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026
Production declined 1.1% overall in 2025, with economists expecting that to be the bottom of an industrial trough for Europe’s largest economy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
“Fhew! I might a’ known a rat would make a nest under this trough.
From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.