trough

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The level of pessimism has reached a point where tech’s trailing PEG is implying “future earnings will be much weaker and is as low as the trough after the tech bubble burst in 2003-05.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

That trough can be a brutal journey from the highs of inflated expectations where money and excitement are flowing into what might be possible.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

“If the 2022 road map is any guide, equity markets and cyclical currencies will trough only after confirming that the peak in energy prices is in the rearview mirror,” said the pair.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

Production declined 1.1% overall in 2025, with economists expecting that to be the bottom of an industrial trough for Europe’s largest economy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026

Finally, the whole team was dressed, had listened to Coach Spinks’s pre-game harangue, and now waited on that trough of suspended time when each second seems weighed down by the glistening bullion of tension.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy