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market timing

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The practice of making a decision of buying or selling of financial assets (often stocks) by attempting to predict when future market price movements will occur.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: business, finance

Examples

  • The perennial advice is that time in the market beats timing the market because market timing is a fool's game.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: buy and hold

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