trough
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And stock markets are currently at or near all-time highs - nothing like the oil shock of 1973, which triggered a 40% fall in US stock markets from peak to trough.
From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026
However, if oil should fall sustainably below the trough following the spike, at $76.73, Emanuel sees the potential for 1982-style gains for the S&P to “9,000 and beyond.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026
By contrast, if WTI falls back below the post-spike trough of $76.73 and remains there, that could open the door to 1982-style gains.
From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026
By the time hostilities commenced in the Middle East it had halved, and Michael Saylor’s bitcoin vehicle suffered an even more vertiginous drop, from north of $450 last summer to a February trough of $106.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026
I swam back to the surf and coasted in, face down, on a big roller, then turned and swam, trying to keep in the trough and not have a wave break over me.
From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway
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