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bottom fishing

idiom
Meaning

Buying, or seeking opportunities to buy, investment securities or other valuable properties at a time when markets are depressed and prices are low.


Examples
SIMPLE

He is bottom fishing for cheap stocks while the market is down.

CONTEXTUAL

Many investors started bottom fishing when the tech sector crashed, hoping to buy quality assets at a discount.

COMPLEX

While most traders fled the volatile market in fear, the seasoned investor began bottom fishing, convinced that the current price collapse was merely a temporary correction.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    bet one's bottom dollar

    To be absolutely sure of something; to be certain enough of something to wager everything.

  2. 02

    bottom dollar

    The last of one's money; all of one's money.

  3. 03

    bottom line

    The summary or result; the most important information.

  4. 04

    bottom of the line

    The worst or lowest quality on the market, especially among a range of products.

  5. 05

    bottom of the ninth

    By extension, any last chance or final opportunity.

  6. 06

    bottom out

    Of a vehicle, to touch or drag along the ground or other surface.

  7. 07

    bottom the house

    To clean a house from top to bottom; to clean a house extremely thoroughly.

  8. 08

    fishing expedition

    A search for information, especially incriminating information, that is conducted without specific direction or goal, in the hope that something may turn up.

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