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

While natural disasters that damage subsea cables are “fewer in number than those linked to human activities,” such as bottom fishing or ship anchor strikes, instances of cable damage from natural hazards “can synchronously damage multiple cable systems across large areas, isolating whole regions,” the authors wrote.

From Scientific American

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

"Ignoring the importance of macro research could be a big mistake for some fundamental investors," said Tao, adding such macro research stops funds from rushing into markets at the end of a bull run, or bottom fishing when a bear market begins.

From Reuters

Bottom fishing, pollution, habitat destruction, bycatch and other threats are all listed as among the probable reasons for its extinction.

From Salon