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cyclical stock |
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Cyclical Stock A stock that rises quickly when economic growth is strong, and falls rapidly when growth is slowing down. Notes: An example is the automobile market, because as growth slows in the economy consumers have less money to spend on new cars. Non-cyclicals would be industries like health care where there is constant demand.See also: Cyclical Industry, Stock Cyclical stock Stock that tends to rise quickly when the economy turns up and fall quickly when the economy turns down. Examples are housing, automobiles, and paper.
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| A Fed drop in rates should bode well for such cyclical stocks as Morgan Stanley Dean Witter (NYSE: MWD) and Merrill Lynch (NYSE: MER), two stocks that Forbes favors. Weyerhaeuser has reported increased earnings in six of the past 10 years and lower earnings in four -- about what you would expect from a cyclical stock. But by midafternoon, investors began picking up cyclical stocks that thrive on a growing economy. |
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