Saturday, February 4, 2012

What do these financial news synonyms/antonyms mean? "plummets" "plunged" "rose" "soar" "rally" "surge"?

Is there a difference in impact, or levels of seriousness of these words? Does one word carry a bigger psychological meaning than the other?What do these financial news synonyms/antonyms mean? "plummets" "plunged" "rose" "soar" "rally" "surge"?
"Plummet" and "plunge" generally mean the same thing. They both generally refer to something (in this case, the market) taking a sharp nosedive.



"Rose" ("Rise") generally means to increase.



"Soar" means to increase greatly and (for the most part) stay there.



"Rally" generally refers to a market increase that takes place on the news or the forecast of something good happening or something beneficial to investors.



"Surge" just refers to a sudden, sharp increase, like an electrical surge.

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