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buy the rumor, sell the fact

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
buy the ru-mor, sel-l the -fact
IPA
40
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should purchase an asset based on positive speculation before an expected positive event, and then sell it once the event occurs for a profit, as the price often falls after the news breaks, because the anticipation has already elevated the asset price.

Phrases

be fearful when others are greedy be greedy when others are fearful buy high, sell higher buy low, sell high buy the dip buy the rumor, sell the news buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away

Frequently Paired Words

be fearful when others are greedy be greedy when others are fearful buy high, sell higher buy low, sell high buy the dip buy the rumor, sell the news buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away

Questions

What does buy the rumor, sell the fact mean?
One should purchase an asset based on positive speculation before an expected positive event, and then sell it once the event occurs for a profit, as the price often falls after the news breaks, because the anticipation has already elevated the asset price.

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