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Reaction
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Reaction
A decline in prices following an advance. Opposite of rally.
reaction
A decline in security prices following a period of rising security prices.
Reaction
A decrease in price following an increase in price. A reaction connotes a slow decline; it is the opposite of a recovery.


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