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be fearful when others are greedy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.35 in modern English

Syllables
be fear-ful when other-s are -greedy
IPA
50
Scrabble Score
28
Letters
4
Syllables
16
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

One should adopt a risk-averse posture precisely when collective investor sentiment exhibits excessive optimism and overvaluation.

Phrases

be greedy when others are fearful buy high, sell higher buy low, sell high buy the dip buy the rumor, sell the fact buy the rumor, sell the news buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away

Frequently Paired Words

be greedy when others are fearful buy high, sell higher buy low, sell high buy the dip buy the rumor, sell the fact buy the rumor, sell the news buy when it snows, sell when it goes sell in May and go away

Questions

What does be fearful when others are greedy mean?
One should adopt a risk-averse posture precisely when collective investor sentiment exhibits excessive optimism and overvaluation.

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