bottom fishing
noun
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
bottom fisher
-
a word derived from
bottom fishing.
bottom-fisher
-
a variation of
bottom feeder.
Example Sentences
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Some day, a bottom-fisher could take a flier on RIM.
From Forbes ● Jun. 22, 2011
Wotton was a fly-fisher; the cork, or float, or ‘trembling quill,’ marks Izaak for the bottom-fisher he was.
From Introduction to the Compleat Angler by Lang, Andrew
