correction
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Reverse movement, usually downward, in the price of an individual stock, bond, commodity, or index. If prices have been rising on the market as a whole, and then fall dramatically, this is known as a correction within an upward trend. Antithesis of a technical rally. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
See: dip, break. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary
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A reverse movement in the value of shares or securities, usually a sharp downturn in the value. Financial Services Glossary
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This covers any corrections made to trade reports. London Stock Exchange Glossary
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correction cor‧rec‧tion [kəˈrekʆn] noun [countable, uncountable]
FINANCE a change in the prices on a financial market, usually when they fall quickly because they have been too high and are no longer related to the real condition of companies and the economy:
• Market watchers are expecting a stockmarket correction in February.
• The fall in equity prices in October 1987 may have been no more than a correction to the market.
ˌtechnical corˈrection [countable]
FINANCE a rise or fall in the price of a share, bond, currency etc that follows a very large fall or rise and brings it back to its real value:
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A correction in technical analysis refers to a price movement in the opposite direction of the trend. Corrections can occur on both the up- and downside of a trend. The market ultimately reverts from a correction to the overall trend.
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correction UK US /kəˈrekʃən/ noun [C or U]
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It looks like last week's correction is over and prices are going to go higher.
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correction — [ kɔrɛksjɔ̃ ] n. f. • XIIIe; lat. correctio I ♦ Action de corriger. 1 ♦ Vx Action de corriger, de changer en mieux, de ramener à la règle. ⇒ amélioration, amendement, perfectionnement, réforme. La correction des fautes, des abus. La correction… … Encyclopédie Universelle
correction — CORRECTION. s. fém. Action de corriger. Cela mérite correction. Légère correction. Sévère correction. Rudecorrection. f♛/b] Il se dit Des choses morales et politiques. La correction des défauts. La correction des abus. Cela a besoin de correction … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
correction — Correction. s. f. v. Action par laquelle on corrige. Il se dit des choses morales & politiques. Correction des defauts. correction des abus. cela a besoin de correction. correction d un mauvais usage. correction des moeurs. correction des erreurs … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
Correction — Cor*rec tion (k?r r?k sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. [1913 Webster] The due correction of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Correction — may refer to: An euphemism for punishment Correction (newspaper), the posting of a notice of a mistake in a past issue of a newspaper Correction (stock market), in financial markets, a short term price decline Correction (novel), a 1975 novel by… … Wikipedia
correction — mid 14c., action of correcting, from O.Fr. correccion (13c.) correction, amendment; punishment, rebuke, from L. correctionem (nom. correctio), noun of action from correct , pp. stem of corrigere (see CORRECT (Cf. correct)). Meaning chastisement… … Etymology dictionary
correction — cor·rec·tion n 1: a decline in market price or business activity following and counteracting a rise 2: the treatment and rehabilitation of offenders through a program involving penal custody, parole, and probation often used in pl.… … Law dictionary
Correction — (v. lat.), 1) Berichtigung, Besserung, Zurückbringung auf eine Norm, so C. des Barometerstandes, s. u. Barometer; 2) Correction der Gewässer, die Regulirung der Ufer u. Betten von Gewässern nach den von der Natur hierbei vorgeschriebenen Gesetzen … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
correction — [n1] adjustment; fixing alteration, amelioration, amending, amendment, changing, editing, emendation, improvement, indemnification, mending, modification, rectification, redress, reexamination, remodeling, repair, reparation, rereading, revisal,… … New thesaurus
correction — Correction, Emendatio, Correctio. Correction d une escriture, Notae … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Correction — action to eliminate a detected nonconformity (p. 3.6.6 ISO 9000:2005). Источник … Словарь-справочник терминов нормативно-технической документации
