Graveyard Market
The period near the end of a prolonged bear market. In a graveyard market, long-time investors have taken large losses, while new investors prefer to stay liquid by sitting on the sidelines and keeping their money in cash or cash-equivalent securities until market conditions improve.
Investopedia Commentary
The term graveyard market is an apt description of this market phenomenon: the investors in a graveyard market can't get out of it, and the investors who aren't in it don't want to be.
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See also: Bear Market, Buy, Capital Loss, Cash And Cash Equivalents - CCE, Dead Cat Bounce, Depression, Liquidity, Recession
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