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buy the rumor, sell the news

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
buy the ru-mor, sel-l the news
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should purchase assets based on unconfirmed speculation or anticipation of positive developments, then sell upon official confirmation.

Inflected Forms

buy the rumour, sell the news (alternative)

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 fact 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 fact buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away

Questions

What does buy the rumor, sell the news mean?
One should purchase assets based on unconfirmed speculation or anticipation of positive developments, then sell upon official confirmation.

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