Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

buy low, sell high

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables: buy low, sel-l high
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

phrase

Commonplace investment advice, recommending that a prospective investor purchase an asset at a low cost and sell it later for a high price.

Example Sentences

"[T]he art of broadcasting, writes William Paley, "is to know what the public is seeking before the public even knows it is looking for something else." As a guide, that advice is about as useful as buy low, sell high."
"The old investment adage “buy low, sell high” makes perfect intuitive sense, but folks like William O’Neil would prefer to “buy high and sell higher.”"
"Any savvy investor knows the basic principle of investment: buy low, sell high."

Phrases

be greedy when others are fearful buy and hold buy high, sell higher buy the dip buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away value investing value trap

Frequently Paired Words

be greedy when others are fearful buy and hold buy high, sell higher buy the dip buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away value investing value trap

Questions

What does buy low, sell high mean?: Commonplace investment advice, recommending that a prospective investor purchase an asset at a low cost and sell it later for a high price.

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