stock market

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

One definition of a bubble, he jokes, is “when I think the stock market is overpriced and then it doubles,” as in 1999.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

A large investor in Mattel is asking the toy maker to sell itself to a big investor and take its shares off the stock market.

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2026

Other digital assets like Ethereum and XRP also declined, contrasting with a record-breaking rally in the stock market.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

If companies don’t want to grow, or banks want to lend less because credit conditions get tighter, then the economy and, in all likelihood, the stock market are likely to suffer.

From MarketWatch • May 7, 2026

By March 2008 the stock market had finally grasped what every mortgage bond salesman had long known: Someone had lost at least $240 billion.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis