Nosedive
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
You may have seen those scary headlines in financial papers, or on TV: “Markets nosedive”
What does “nosedive” mean? These two pictures should make it clear. The first one shows an aircraft nosediving. The second one is a chart of a stock that opened at $90 at 9am and then nosedived between 3pm and 4pm to finish at $30.
