bottom fishing

British  

noun

1. investing in low-priced shares that show prospects of recovery or in shares that are low-priced because of a general market decline in the hope of making a profit

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Other Word Forms

• bottom fisher noun

Example Sentences

The council will decide at a Thursday meeting whether to protect deep-sea corals from bottom fishing gear at undersea areas known as Sur Ridge or the Año Nuevo or Ascension canyons or all three.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

But the man repeatedly asked Mr. Keightley to take him out to 3,000 feet, about 30 miles offshore where bottom fishing is impossible.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023

Largemouth bass are fair bottom fishing with cranks or worms.

From Washington Times • Feb. 19, 2020

"I think people have started to do some bottom fishing already," Tradition broker Mike Reuter said.

From Reuters • May 12, 2015

One, I suppose, never goes afloat or engages in any bottom fishing whatever without this reserve, if the maggots are in season.

From Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler by Senior, William