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bottoming

British  
/ ˈbɒtəmɪŋ /

noun

  1. the lowest level of foundation material for a road or other structure

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Yet a bright spot for bond investors right now is that the Treasury market exhibits a fairly consistent seasonal pattern, with prices peaking in the late fall and bottoming in the spring.

From MarketWatch

I continue to admire how the bottoming process developed patiently, much like Regeneron’s.

From Barron's

So the stock could be close to bottoming.

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But even the slight pullback can’t hide how well the stock market has performed since bottoming on Oct.

From Barron's

We may look back at 2025 and say it was a bottoming period for healthcare stocks due to the challenges the industry has faced this year.

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