spook
Example Sentences
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Despite trading above $100,000 in the beginning of the year, the crypto plunged with the rest of the market in April as global tariffs and trade disputes spooked investors.
From MarketWatch
Read: ‘The bulls are definitely spooked’: Has silver’s stunning rise this year run out of steam?
From MarketWatch
Meanwhile, investors have grown used to outsize growth in revenues from quarter to quarter and are easily spooked by any sign of a slowdown.
The shares had been turbocharged by optimism surrounding Broadcom’s AI chip business, but the market got spooked when CEO Hock Tan noted the business’s low gross margins.
From Barron's
Then, a $14 billion fund managed by KKR reported heavy losses from loans gone wrong, and a rash of alleged frauds in companies such as the auto supplier First Brands spooked investors.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
