decline in prices

  • 11decline*/*/ — [dɪˈklaɪn] verb I 1) [I] to become less or worse The number of people buying their own homes has declined.[/ex] Share prices declined sharply last week.[/ex] 2) [I/T] to say politely that you will not accept something or do something They offered …

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  • 12decline — de•cline [[t]dɪˈklaɪn[/t]] v. clined, clin•ing, n. 1) to withhold or deny consent to do; refuse 2) to refuse with courtesy 3) to cause to slope or incline downward 4) gram. to recite or display the inflected forms of (a noun, pronoun, or… …

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  • 13decline line — advance/decline line UK US noun [S] STOCK MARKET ► a mathematical method that is used to try and calculate whether an increase or reduction in share prices, etc. is likely to continue or change …

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  • 14decline — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. droop, slant, slope; decadence, wasting, aging, deterioration. v. worsen, slump; refuse, turn down (an offer). See oldness, age, refusal, descent, weakness, recession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn.… …

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  • 15Skyrocketing Food Prices: A Global Crisis — ▪ 2009 by Janet H. Clark       As the year 2008 got under way, upwardly spiraling food prices became of increasing concern to international organizations and relief agencies, national governments, and consumers everywhere. UN officials speculated …

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  • 16Advance/Decline Index — A technical analysis tool that represents the total difference between the number of advancing and declining security prices. This index is considered one of the best indicators of market movements as a whole. Stock indexes such as the Dow Jones… …

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  • 17advance/decline line — (advance/decline line) n. tool used to calculate the total of differences between advances and declines of security prices, a/d …

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  • 18Advance/Decline Ratio- ADR — A market breadth indicator used in technical analysis to compare the number of stocks that closed higher with the number of stocks that closed lower than their previous day s closing prices. To calculate the advance/decline ratio, divide the… …

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  • 19advance/decline line — UK US noun [S] STOCK MARKET ► a mathematical method that is used to try and calculate whether an increase or reduction in share prices, etc. is likely to continue or change …

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  • 20technical decline — /ˌteknɪk(ə)l dɪ klaɪn/ noun a fall in share prices because of technical analysis …

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