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Panic Buying
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Panic Buying
A situation in which many investors buy a security on high volume, leading to a rapid rise in price. Panic buying usually occurs when investors believe that a security or market is already rising and they wish to buy it before the price rises even more. Panic buying may or may not be the result of an overreaction. Rules on many stock markets limit the amount by which a security can rise in a single session to reduce the pressure for panic buying. See also: Panic selling.
panic buying
A flurry of security purchases accompanied by high volume and sharp price increases. During a period of panic buying, buyers do not have time to evaluate fundamental or technical factors because their primary goal is to acquire securities before the prices rise even more. For example, panic buying occurred on the day following President Lyndon B. Johnson's announcement of his decision not to run for reelection.
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CRUCIAL talks aimed at averting a strike by hundreds of tanker drivers were held yesterday amid signs that some drivers were panic-buying petrol.
PETROL PANIC by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Byline: By Sian Powell and Steve Evans PETROL station bosses in Nuneaton and Bedworth today appealed to the public to stop panic-buying as the much-hyped national fuel protest failed to materialise.
Fuel protest fizzles out; PETROL: Garages tell people not to panic ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Byline: BRENDON WILLIAMS PANIC-BUYING hit petrol stations across Wales last night - with forecourts warning they could run dry within hours.
Stations start to run dry in Wales by The Mirror (London, England)
 
 
 
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